IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 254
Expressing the sense of Congress that the 70th anniversary of the 1932–
1933 man-made famine in Ukraine (‘‘Holodomor’’) should serve as a 
reminder of the incredible suffering and loss sustained by the Ukrainian 
people as a result of intentional policies implemented by the government 
of the former Soviet Union. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2003
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the 70th anniversary 
of the 1932–1933 man-made famine in Ukraine 
(‘‘Holodomor’’) should serve as a reminder of the incred-
ible suffering and loss sustained by the Ukrainian people 
as a result of intentional policies implemented by the 
government of the former Soviet Union.
Whereas 2003 marks the 70th anniversary of the Ukrainian 
forced-famine of 1932–1933, which resulted in the deaths 
of at least 7,000,000 Ukrainians and was covered up and 
officially denied by the government of the former Soviet 
Union;
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Whereas the Soviet government deliberately confiscated grain 
harvests and starved millions of Ukrainian men, women, 
and children in a policy of forced collectivization that 
sought to destroy Ukrainian aspirations for independ-
ence; 
Whereas the Soviet government ordered the borders of 
Ukraine sealed to prevent anyone from escaping the arti-
ficial famine and preventing any international food aid 
from providing 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 denying 
food aid to the people of Ukraine; 
Whereas nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s rural population was 
eliminated due to the artificially induced starvation, and 
the entire nation suffered from the consequences of the 
prolonged famine; 
Whereas noted correspondents of the time were disparaged 
and criticized for their courage in depicting and reporting 
of the forced famine in Ukraine, including Gareth Jones, 
William Henry Chamberlin, and Malcolm Muggeridge 
who wrote ‘‘[t]hey [the Ukrainians] will tell you that 
many have already died of famine and that many are 
dying every day’’; 
Whereas the United States Commission on the Ukraine Fam-
ine was formed on December 13, 1985, to conduct a 
study with the goal of expanding the world’s knowledge 
and understanding of the famine; 
Whereas the Commission’s final report concluded that the 
victims ‘‘starved to death in a man-made famine’’ and
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that ‘‘Joseph Stalin and those around him committed 
genocide against Ukrainians in 1932–1933’’; and 
Whereas with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, archival 
documents confirm the deliberate and premeditated na-
ture of the famine and the government of the former So-
viet Union was exposed for its atrocities against the 
Ukrainian people: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the victims of the Soviet-engineered Ukrain-
ian famine of 1932–1933 be solemnly remembered 
on its 70th anniversary; 
(2) the systematic violations of human rights, 
freedom of self-determination, and freedom of speech 
of the Ukrainian people by the government of the 
former Soviet Union should be condemned; 
(3) information regarding the Ukrainian famine 
of 1932–1933 should be disseminated in order to ex-
pand the world’s knowledge of this man-made trag-
edy; and 
(4) on the 70th anniversary of the Ukrainian 
famine of 1932–1933, efforts in Ukraine should be 
supported to ensure democratic principles, a free-
market economy, and full respect for human rights, 
thereby enabling Ukraine to achieve its potential as 
an important strategic partner in the region.
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