UK Parliament recognised Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainian people

On Thursday, the House of Commons, the lower house of the UK parliament, unanimously decided to recognise the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people. Source: European Pravda Details: Conservative MP Pauline Latham, who submitted the relevant resolution to the House of Commons, stressed that the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s was artificial, caused by the forced seizure of crops from Ukrainian farmers.

She also drew parallels with current events, when Russia steals Ukrainian grain in the occupied Ukrainian territories.

Quote: "That is why we must assure the Ukrainian authorities and the international legal order that the UK, at least the British Parliament, will not ignore war crimes and crimes against humanity," Latham said. More details: Other MPs who supported the decision called the need to recognise the Holodomor as genocide a manifestation of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and a signal that famine cannot be used as a means of waging war. Background: In general, the Holodomor has already been recognised as a genocide of the Ukrainian people by the parliaments of almost three dozen countries in the world, including in Europe.

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During the spring, this step was resorted to by the Belgian House of Representatives, the Lower House of the Belgian Parliament, Iceland's Parliament, the Upper House of the French Parliament and the Slovenian Parliament.

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