PACE recognises the Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainians
3 October 2024 15:42
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has unanimously recognised the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as genocide of the Ukrainian people. This was announced by MP Oleksiy Honcharenko, who is the president of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
According to him, the resolution was supported by 80 votes. That is, the document was adopted unanimously.
“The PACE also notes that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a continuation of Russia’s policy of destroying Ukrainians. The resolution calls on all governments to do everything possible to help the people of Ukraine repel the ongoing genocidal attack on their nation and bring the perpetrators to justice,” Honcharenko added.
Member of the Verkhovna Rada’s permanent delegation to PACE Yevhenia Kravchuk noted on Facebook that the document establishes that the former Soviet leadership deliberately implemented policies that led to the famine in Ukraine, seeking to completely suppress any Ukrainian resistance to the totalitarian communist regime, subjugate Ukrainians and destroy their aspirations and efforts to establish an independent state.
“The Assembly also determines that the systematic destruction of first the political and cultural leaders who were the cultural foundation of the Ukrainian nation, and then millions of ordinary Ukrainians, was deliberately intended as genocide,” added Yevheniya Kravchuk.
During the Holodomor of 1932-1933, which became one of the worst tragedies of the Ukrainian people, more than 4 million Ukrainians died of deliberately organised famine. At that time, it was 13% of Ukraine’s population.
In total, at least 30 countries have recognised the Holodomor as genocide, including the UK, Luxembourg, Slovenia, France, Croatia, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, and others. The European Parliament also adopted a corresponding decision.
