14.12.2022
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Official Journal of the European Union
C 475/1
IV (Notices)
NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY MEETING OF THE LXVIII COSAC Prague, 13 – 15 November 2022 Contribution of the LXVIII COSAC (2022/C 475/01)
On Ukraine
(1)
COSAC condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified and illegal invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign and democratic state.
It also condemns Belarus' involvement in Russia’s military aggression.
(2)
COSAC condemns the organisation by Russia of illegal sham referenda in regions within the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine and the attempted illegal annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine.
Russia’s unilateral decisions deliberately violate the UN Charter and disregard the rules-based international order.
Russia has no legitimate basis for any action in the territory of Ukraine.
(3)
COSAC is appalled by and strongly condemns Russia’s missile and kamikaze-drone attacks on Ukraine, targeting civilian and energy infrastructure and educational institutions, destroying homes and killing civilians.
COSAC states that these acts are crimes against humanity and therefore calls on national Parliaments to recognize current Russian regime as a terrorist one.
(4)
COSAC calls for immediate and unconditional termination of Russia’s illegal military actions and withdrawal of all Russian forces and military equipment from the territory of Ukraine and calls for a just peace based on full respect for territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
(5)
COSAC calls for the establishment of the Special International Criminal Tribunal to secure accountability for the crime of aggression and calls for prosecution and punishment of war crimes and other crimes according to international law committed in Ukraine, including through the implementation of the universal jurisdiction principle.
(6)
COSAC calls for the establishment of an effective mechanism in line with international law to seize individual and national assets frozen as the result of EU sanctions and to use these assets to compensate for the damage caused to Ukraine and its people by the Russian aggression.
COSAC calls for Russia to pay full reparations for material and immaterial damage caused to Ukraine.
(7)
COSAC calls on the EU leaders to further reinforce sanctions on Russia and Belarus in order to stop the unprovoked Russian aggression.