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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 fol-
lowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 60th anniver-
sary of the Ukraine famine of 1932–1933 should serve
as a reminder of the brutality of Stalin’s repressive poli-
cies 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 mil-
lion people starved to death in Ukraine because of forced
collectivization and grain seizures from the rural popu-
lation 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 So-
viet 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 Ukrain-
ian peasantry in order to suppress Ukrainian self-asser-
tion;
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 observ-
ances in Ukraine: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
SECTION. 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
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(1) the victims of the Soviet-engineered Ukraine
famine of 1932–1933 be solemnly remembered on its
60th anniversary;
(2) this anniversary underscores the hardship
and inhumanity of life under the repressive regime
of the former Soviet Union;
(3) the Congress condemns the systematic dis-
regard for human life, human rights, and human lib-
erty that characterized the policies of the Govern-
ment of the former Soviet Union during the Ukraine
famine of 1932–1933;
(4) a copy of the findings and conclusions of
the Commission on the Ukraine Famine should be
presented to the Government of Ukraine; and
(5) the manmade Ukraine famine is a graphic
illustration of the unacceptable alternative to democ-
racy and a free market economy, and therefore the
United States should seek to help Ukraine and the
other newly independent nations of the former Soviet
Union transform their societies.
SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL OF RESOLUTION.
The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall
transmit a copy of this resolution to the President and
the Secretary of State and request that the Secretary of
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State transmit a copy of the resolution to the Government
of Ukraine.
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