1.
RUSSIA HAILS "FAILURE" OF UKRAINE'S PLANS FOR UN FAMINE RESOLUTION
"We believe
that Kiev's political exploitation of the memory of millions of
victims.....is blasphemy."
Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, Moscow, Russia, in
Russian 24 Sep 2008
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Wednesday, September
24, 2008
MOSCOW
- Text of "Report for the mass media on the failure of Ukraine's
designs over the 'Holodomor' at the UN Human Rights Council", published
on the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on 24 September:
On 24 September the Ukrainian delegation at the UN Human Rights
Council, having failed to enlist almost any support, was forced to
officially recall the draft resolution "Memory of the 1932-1933
Holodomor [famine] in Ukraine", which it had introduced earlier.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia regards this as the only
correct step. It appears that the Ukrainian side is starting to realize
that its initiative is confrontational and has no future.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia stresses again that attempts
by Ukraine's leadership to gain international approval for the
interpretation of the events of 1932-1933 on the territory of the
former USSR as genocide of the Ukrainian people are politicized and
aimed at sowing discord between the fraternal peoples of Russia and
Ukraine.
We believe that Kiev's political exploitation of the memory of the
millions of victims of the tragedy that befell the peoples of the
former Soviet Union is blasphemy.
At the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly, Russia is
continuing and will continue with its line against the injection into
the agenda of confrontational themes and scenarios that have nothing to
do with the promotion and protection of human rights and are aimed at
the attainment of opportunistic political gains.
The UN Human Rights Council, as well as the UN in general, is not the
venue for pushing through biased and distorted views of historical
events. History should be left to the historians, while the UN should
busy itself with its direct responsibilities - mainlining international
peace and security, facilitating development, and stepping up the
promotion and protection of human rights in the world.
2.
UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENT URGES WORLD TO RECOGNIZE 1930'S FAMINE AS GENOCIDE
5 Kanal TV, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian,
Wednesday 24 Sep 08
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Wednesday, September 24, 2008
NEW YORK - President Viktor Yushchenko has urged the international
community to recognize the Stalin-era famine of the 1930s as genocide
against the Ukrainian nation.
Addressing the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly on 24 September,
he said: "I am honoured to address the international community with a
request for solidarity. This year, Ukraine is commemorating the 75th
anniversary of the famine which in 1932-1933 claimed nearly ten million
lives of our compatriots.
Our ambition is not aimed against any nation or any country.
We neither elevate nor belittle our grief. The terror of famine in
Ukraine was deliberate genocide in nature, accompanied by the total
extermination of the national elite, public leaders and clergy. It was
aimed at subjugating the multi-million nation which, as the regime
admitted, could not be fully taken to Siberia."
Yushchenko said Ukraine condoled with all the peoples affected by the
famine - "Russians, Belarusians, Kazakhs and dozens of other nations".
"We ask you to honour each national tragedy together and allow no new
attempts to heroize Stalin's dictatorship and his regime," he
continued.
He said the memory of the victims of the totalitarian regimes would
help the world prevent similar tragedies in the future.
"I believe in our ability to effectively respond to each challenge
facing our world. Ukraine is resolute in this cause. We will act as
consistent and well-wishing partners. Everything is in our hands. I
believe in our strength, will and intelligence," he said.
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