Romania, the Republic of Moldova and Ireland recognize the Ukrainian Holodomor
The parliaments of Ireland and the Republic of Moldova recognized the Holodomor, the artificial famine caused by the Soviet authorities on Ukrainians, which killed millions of people in 1932-1933, as genocide against the Ukrainian people, writes Kyiv Independent.
Holodomor 1932-33Photo: Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia
The day before, the Holodomor was also condemned in the Romanian Parliament.
Romanian deputies and senators voted on Wednesday, in a joint session, the Declaration of the Romanian Parliament condemning the deliberate famine (Holodomor) to which the Ukrainian people were subjected during the Soviet occupation in the years 1932 – 1933.
The Romanian Parliament voted with 248 votes in favor and one abstention to adopt the declaration commemorating the Ukrainian genocide, resulting in 10 million victims, by violating the most basic civil rights and freedoms, according to Agerpres.
“A truly historic decision has been taken by the Senate of Ireland recognizing the Holodomor in Ukraine as genocide against the Ukrainian people,” the Ukrainian Embassy in Ireland said on November 24.
Ukraine annually commemorates the victims of the Holodomor on a Saturday in November. This year, the day falls on November 26.
Ukraine fought to have the artificial Holodomor famine recognized as an act of genocide. So far only 17 countries have recognized the Holodomor as such, according to the Holodomor Museum in Ukraine.
When talking about the Holodomor, researchers refer to the Soviet Union’s deliberate policy of destroying the Ukrainian nations as a political factor and social entity, says political scientist Yaroslav Bilinsky (“Was the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933 Genocide? Journal of Genocide Research ? “, 1999), accordingly Free Europe.
Historians still debate whether or not the policies that led to the Holodomor fall under the Genocide Convention, and several countries – now Romania too – have recognized the Holodomor as genocide.
On November 28, 2006, the Ukrainian parliament approved a resolution stating that the Soviet-era forced starvation was an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people.
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