“The Swiss Parliament recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as an act of genocide. Source: Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, “European Truth” Details: In an approved statement, the lower house of parliament – the Swiss National Council – recognizes systematic actions aimed at mass and targeted killing by starvation with the intention of destroying a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, an act of genocide .”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The Swiss Parliament recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as an act of genocide.
Source: Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk, “European Truth”
Details: In a statement passed, the Swiss National Council, the lower house of parliament, recognizes systematic acts of mass and targeted killing by starvation with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group as an act of genocide.
“This is a truly historic decision. And it is an extremely important step on the way to restoring historical justice and preserving the memory of millions of innocent victims,” Stefanchuk said.
The application was approved by 123 votes, 58 deputies were against and 7 abstained, according to the website of the Swiss Parliament.
According to the text, four million Ukrainians, about two million Kazakhs and hundreds of thousands of Russians died during the famine in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933.
“The National Council recognizes as an act of genocide manifestly systematic actions that lead to mass and purposeful starvation and are committed with the intention of destroying a national, ethnic, racial or religious group as such in whole or in part,” the text reads.
The Holodomor was recognized as a genocide of the Ukrainian people by the parliaments of about three dozen countries around the world, as well as the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.