•HRES 1314 IH 
Whereas the Soviet Government deliberately confiscated grain 
harvests and starved millions of Ukrainian men, women, 
and children by a policy of forced collectivization that 
sought to destroy the nationally conscious movement for 
independence; 
Whereas Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin ordered the borders of 
Ukraine sealed to prevent anyone from escaping the man- 
made starvation and preventing any international food 
aid that would provide relief to the starving; 
Whereas Canadian wheat expert Andrew Cairns visited 
Ukraine in 1932 and was told that there was no grain 
‘‘because the government had collected so much grain 
and exported it to England and Italy,’’ while simulta-
neously denying food aid to the people of Ukraine; 
Whereas nearly a quarter of the rural population of Ukraine 
was eliminated due to forced starvation, while the entire 
nation suffered from the consequences of the prolonged 
lack of food; 
Whereas the Soviet Government manipulated and censored 
foreign journalists, including New York Times cor-
respondent Walter Duranty, who knowingly denied not 
only the scope and magnitude, but also the existence, of 
a deadly man-made famine in his reports from Ukraine; 
Whereas noted correspondents of the time were castigated by 
the Soviet Union for their accuracy and courage in de-
picting and reporting the famine-genocide in Ukraine, in-
cluding Gareth Jones, William Henry Chamberlin, and 
Malcolm Muggeridge, who wrote, ‘‘[The farmers] will tell 
you that many have already died of famine and that 
many are dying every day; that thousands have been shot 
by the government and hundreds of thousands exiled’’; 
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•HRES 1314 IH 
Whereas in May 1934, former Congressman Hamilton Fish 
introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives 
(House Resolution 399 of the 73d Congress) which called 
for the condemnation of the Soviet Government for its 
acts of destruction against the Ukrainian people; 
Whereas the United States Commission on the Ukraine Fam-
ine, formed on December 13, 1985, conducted a study 
with the goal of expanding the world’s knowledge and un-
derstanding of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932– 
1933 (Holodomor), and concluded that the victims were 
‘‘starved to death in a man-made famine’’ and that ‘‘Jo-
seph Stalin and those around him committed genocide 
against Ukrainians in 1932–1933’’; 
Whereas on May 15, 2003, in a special session, the Ukrain-
ian Parliament acknowledged that the Ukrainian Fam-
ine-Genocide was engineered by Joseph Stalin and the 
Soviet Government deliberately against the Ukrainian na-
tion; 
Whereas with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, archival 
documents confirmed the deliberate and pre-meditated 
deadly nature of the famine, and the Soviet Government 
was exposed for its atrocities against the Ukrainian peo-
ple; and 
Whereas on October 13, 2006, the President of the United 
States signed into law Public Law 109–340, authorizing 
the construction of a memorial in the District of Colum-
bia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian Famine-Geno-
cide, in recognition of the upcoming 75th anniversary of 
the genocide in 2008: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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•HRES 1314 IH 
(1) solemnly remembers the 75th anniversary of 
the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932–1933 and 
extends its deepest sympathies to the victims, sur-
vivors, and families of this tragedy; 
(2) condemns the systematic violations of 
human rights, including the freedom of self-deter-
mination and freedom of speech, of the Ukrainian 
people by the Soviet Government; 
(3) encourages dissemination of information re-
garding the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide in order to 
expand the world’s knowledge of this man-made 
tragedy; and 
(4) supports the continuing efforts of Ukraine 
to work toward ensuring democratic principles, a 
free-market economy, and full respect for human 
rights, in order to enable Ukraine to achieve its po-
tential as an important strategic partner of the 
United States in that region of the world. 
Æ 
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