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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 140

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 60th anniversary of the Ukraine

famine of 1932–1933 should serve as a reminder of the brutality of

Stalin’s repressive policies toward the Ukrainian people.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 8, 1993

Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia,

Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. WOLF, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mrs.

KENNELLY, Mrs. MEEK, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. KING, Mr.

KLEIN, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

Foreign Affairs

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 60th anniversary of the Ukraine famine of 1932–1933 should serve

as a reminder of the brutality of Stalin’s repressive policies toward the Ukrainian people.

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 former Soviet Union;

Whereas Public Law 99–180 established the Commission on

the Ukraine Famine to conduct a study to expand the
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world’s knowledge of the famine and to provide the

American public with a better understanding of the Soviet system by revealing the Soviet role in the Ukraine

famine;

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 is

commemorated this year on September 10 through 12 in

Kiev, Ukraine; and

Whereas members of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine

are presenting a copy of their findings and conclusions to

the Government of Ukraine during the official observances in Ukraine: 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—
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1 (1) the victims of the Soviet-engineered Ukraine

2 famine of 1932–1933 be solemnly remembered on its

3 60th anniversary;

4 (2) this anniversary underscores the hardship

5 and inhumanity of life under the repressive regime

6 of the former Soviet Union;

7 (3) the Congress condemns the systematic dis8 regard for human life, human rights, and human lib9 erty that characterized the policies of the Govern10 ment of the former Soviet Union during the Ukraine

11 famine of 1932–1933;

12 (4) a copy of the findings and conclusions of

13 the Commission on the Ukraine Famine should be

14 presented to the Government of Ukraine; and

15 (5) the manmade Ukraine famine is a graphic

16 illustration of the unacceptable alternative to democ17 racy and a free market economy, and therefore the

18 United States should seek to help Ukraine and the

19 other newly independent nations of the former Soviet

20 Union transform their societies.

21 SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL OF RESOLUTION.

22 The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall

23 transmit a copy of this resolution to the President and

24 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.

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