PACE recognizes Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainian people
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe (PACE) has recognized the Holodomor
of 1932−1933 as genocide against the Ukrainian people, Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced in a Twitter post on Oct. 12.
“I am grateful to PACE for recognizing the Holodomor of 1932−1933 as genocide against the Ukrainian people,” said Zelenskyy.
“The restoration of historical justice and honoring the memory to the victims of the Holodomor sends a clear signal that justice for all the past and current crimes of Moscow is inevitable.”
Maria Mezentseva, the head of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE, also reported that the body voted to support several resolutions in Ukraine’s favor.
Those documents reaffirm Europe’s commitment to supporting Kyiv for “as long as it takes,” endorse Kyiv’s comprehensive peace plan, and call for legal mechanisms to bring Russia to justice for the crime of aggression against Ukraine — including war reparations and a special tribunal to hold senior Kremlin leadership accountable. Finally, PACE decidedly rejects Moscow’s attempts to annex Ukrainian territory in 2014-2022.
Since Russia launched the full-scale war against Ukraine in February 2022, several countries recognized the Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people. These include, among others: the UK, Slovenia, Belgium, Ireland, Romania, Moldova, the Czech Republic, Germany, Iceland, France, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, and Croatia.
On Dec. 15, 2022, the European Parliament voted for a resolution recognizing the Holodomor of 1932−1933 as genocide against the Ukrainian people.
In 2023, 91 years have passed since 1932, when the Soviet regime deliberately began to confiscate grain and other foodstuffs from the residents of Ukraine, which led to the Holodomor famine – one of the greatest tragedies in Ukrainian history. Both in Ukraine and in many other countries, the Holodomor of 1932-1933 was subsequently recognized as a genocide against Ukrainians by Stalin’s regime.
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