103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 140

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 60th

people.Stalin’s repressive policies toward the Ukrainianshould serve as a reminder of the brutality ofanniversary of the Ukraine famine of 1932–1933
103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 140

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Whereas this year marks the 60th anniversary of the Ukraine

famine of 1932–1933;

Whereas, within one year, an estimated 7 million to 10 million people starved to death in Ukraine because of forced

collectivization and grain seizures from the rural population by the Government of the Soviet Union;

Whereas Public Law 99–180 established the Commission on

the Ukraine Famine to conduct a study to expand the

world’s knowledge of the famine and to provide the

American public with a better understanding of the

former Soviet system by revealing the Soviet role in the

Ukraine famine;
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Whereas the Commission’s report to Congress confirms that

Communist dictator Joseph Stalin consciously employed

the brutal policy of forced famine to repress the Ukrainian peasantry in order to suppress Ukrainian self-assertion;

Whereas, on February 7, 1990, the Central Committee of the

Communist Party of Ukraine acknowledged that the

Ukraine famine was artificially created by the policies of

Stalin and his closest associates;

Whereas internationally accepted principles of human rights

condemn the use of food as a political weapon;

Whereas the official observances of the Days of Sorrow and

Remembrance of the Victims of the Imposed Famine

were held for the first time this year on September 10

through 12 in Kiev, Ukraine; and

Whereas members of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine

presented a copy of 4 volumes of their findings and conclusions, 10 volumes of archival material, and 200 audio

cassettes of testimony from famine survivors to the Government of Ukraine following the official observances in

Kiev: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),

3 SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

4 It is the sense of the Congress that—

5 (1) the victims of the Soviet-engineered Ukraine

6 famine of 1932–1933 be solemnly remembered on its

7 60th anniversary;
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1 (2) this anniversary underscores the hardship

2 and inhumanity of life under the repressive regime

3 of the Soviet Union;

4 (3) the Congress condemns the systematic dis5 regard for human life, human rights, and human lib6 erty that characterized the policies of the Govern7 ment of the Soviet Union during the Ukraine famine

8 of 1932–1933;

9 (4) the presentation of a copy of the findings

10 and conclusions of the Commission on the Ukraine

11 Famine to the Government of Ukraine, as well as

12 the supplemental material, will assist in the dissemi13 nation of information about the Ukraine famine of

14 1932–1933, and thereby help to prevent similar fu15 ture tragedies; and

16 (5) the manmade Ukraine famine is a graphic

17 illustration of the unacceptable alternative to democ18 racy and a free market economy, and therefore the

19 United States should seek to help Ukraine and the

20 other newly independent nations of the former Soviet

21 Union as they transform their societies.

22 SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL OF RESOLUTION.

23 The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall

24 transmit a copy of this resolution to the President and

25 the Secretary of State and request that the Secretary of
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1 State transmit a copy of the resolution to the Government

2 of Ukraine.

Passed the House of Representatives October 12,

1993.

Attest:

Clerk.