; Whereas, as a result of the massacres, numerous Assyrians were forcedly displaced within their country of Iraq, and others were forced to flee the country; Whereas the entire world was horrified at the indiscriminate slaughter of men, women, and children; and Whereas the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–441 ) establishes that atrocities prevention represents a United States national interest, and affirms that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a United States Governmentwide strategy to identify, prevent, and respond to the risk of atrocities by strengthening diplomatic response and the effective use of foreign assistance to support appropriate transitional justice measures, including criminal accountability, for past atrocities : Now, therefore, be it