Remembrance of holodomor (INTERNATIONAL)
To date, 17 countries/states have formally recognized the Holodomor as an act of genocide: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Czec Rupublic, Ecuador, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Slovak Republic, and USA.
Argentina
-The Senate of National Congress of Argentina passed a memorial act on December 7, 2007. -The Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress of Argentina passed a decree of remembrance on Holodomor victims on December 27, 2007 Australia -The Senate of Australia passed a Declaration on commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine on October, 28, 1993. -The Senate of Australia participated in the 70th anniversary of the Holodomor confirms that this tragedy was an act of genocide on October, 31 2003. |
Canada
-The government of Canada recognized Holodomor in May 2008.
-The Holodomor Memorial Day Act was officially introduced on February 18, 2009 in multiple cities across Canada.
-On April 9, 2009 the Province of Ontario passed Bill 147 – The Holodomor Memorial Day Act, which calls for the fourth Saturday in November to be a remembrance day of this calamity.
"We in Canada are bonded to this dark chapter in human history by more than a million Canadians of Ukrainian descent, many of whom lost loved ones in the Holodomor. And so, all Canadians join us in commemorating this 75th anniversary of the terrible famine of 1932-33. Because what was done to the Ukrainian people was a mortal offence against the values we hold dearest; freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
National Holodomor Commemoration Ceremony
Ottawa, November 28, 2007
-The government of Canada recognized Holodomor in May 2008.
-The Holodomor Memorial Day Act was officially introduced on February 18, 2009 in multiple cities across Canada.
-On April 9, 2009 the Province of Ontario passed Bill 147 – The Holodomor Memorial Day Act, which calls for the fourth Saturday in November to be a remembrance day of this calamity.
"We in Canada are bonded to this dark chapter in human history by more than a million Canadians of Ukrainian descent, many of whom lost loved ones in the Holodomor. And so, all Canadians join us in commemorating this 75th anniversary of the terrible famine of 1932-33. Because what was done to the Ukrainian people was a mortal offence against the values we hold dearest; freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
National Holodomor Commemoration Ceremony
Ottawa, November 28, 2007
Georgia
-The Parliament of Georgia recognized that the period of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as “the totalitarian bolsheviks’ regime which conducted deliberate genocide against Ukrainian people” on December 20, 2005.
USA
-The U.S. Government Commission on the Ukraine Famine was established on December 13, 1985. The commission incorporated evidences and findings to reach a conclusion that “Joseph Stalin and those around him committed genocide against Ukrainians in 1932-33”.
-The U.S. House of Representatives resolved to remember and honor the 70th anniversary of this “man-made famine” and “deliberate act of terror and mass murder” on October 21, 2003.
-The U.S. Senate stated that “the man-made Ukraine famine of 1932-33 was an act of genocide as defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention” on April 18, 2004.
-On November 16, 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives allocated to the Government of Ukraine a plot of land in Washington, D.C. for building a monument to the victims of the Holodomor. This project gained fully support from the U.S. Senate and signed into law by the U.S. President on October 12, 2006.
-The Parliament of Georgia recognized that the period of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as “the totalitarian bolsheviks’ regime which conducted deliberate genocide against Ukrainian people” on December 20, 2005.
USA
-The U.S. Government Commission on the Ukraine Famine was established on December 13, 1985. The commission incorporated evidences and findings to reach a conclusion that “Joseph Stalin and those around him committed genocide against Ukrainians in 1932-33”.
-The U.S. House of Representatives resolved to remember and honor the 70th anniversary of this “man-made famine” and “deliberate act of terror and mass murder” on October 21, 2003.
-The U.S. Senate stated that “the man-made Ukraine famine of 1932-33 was an act of genocide as defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention” on April 18, 2004.
-On November 16, 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives allocated to the Government of Ukraine a plot of land in Washington, D.C. for building a monument to the victims of the Holodomor. This project gained fully support from the U.S. Senate and signed into law by the U.S. President on October 12, 2006.