U.S. Senate committee supports draft resolution recognizing Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainian people – Ukrainian embassy
The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has approved a draft resolution recognizing the 1932-1933 Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people, Ukraine's Embassy in the U.S. has said on Facebook.
“The draft resolution condemns the systematic violations of human rights, including the right to self-determination and freedom of expression, committed by the Soviet government against the Ukrainian people. Deepest condolences are expressed to the victims, those who survived the famine, and their families, as well as a call is made for the dissemination of information to raise awareness in the world about the artificial nature of this tragedy," the embassy said.
The resolution, sponsored by more than two dozen senators, was submitted on March 14 by a group of senators from the Republican and Democratic parties, led by co-chairs of the group of friendship with Ukraine in the U.S. Senate, Robert Portman and Richard Durbin.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's Spokesman Svyatoslav Tsegolko said on Facebook the resolution is "one more example of strategic partnership between the U.S. and Ukraine."
Poroshenko on September 26 thanked the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States for their work with the U.S. Senate on the Holodomor resolution.