Spanish parliamentary committee recognized Holodomor as genocide
Source: Verkhovna Rada press service
On May 14, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Congress of Deputies of the Spanish Parliament supported the resolution on the official recognition of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as an act of genocide.
The resolution was supported by 29 members of the committee. The document, in particular, says that ‘the Stalinist regime in 1932-1933 implemented one of the most brutal plans aimed at the destruction of millions of Ukrainians’.
In response to the appeal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, in which the Ukrainian parliament called on the international community to recognize the Holodomor as a crime of genocide against the Ukrainian people, the committee called on the Spanish parliament to join the parliaments of countries that have already done so.
The committee also called for continued comprehensive support for Ukraine in the war against Russia.
On October 12, 2023, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted to recognize the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people.
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