[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 140 Engrossed in House (EH)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                            H. CON. RES. 140

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 60th anniversary of the 
Ukraine famine of 1932-1933 should serve as a reminder of the brutality 
      of Stalin's repressive policies toward the Ukrainian people.






103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 140

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Whereas this year marks the 60th anniversary of the Ukraine famine of 1932-1933;
Whereas, within one year, an estimated 7 million to 10 million people starved to 
        death in Ukraine because of forced collectivization and grain seizures 
        from the rural population by the Government of the Soviet Union;
Whereas Public Law 99-180 established the Commission on the Ukraine Famine to 
        conduct a study to expand the world's knowledge of the famine and to 
        provide the American public with a better understanding of the former 
        Soviet system by revealing the Soviet role in the Ukraine famine;
Whereas the Commission's report to Congress confirms that Communist dictator 
        Joseph Stalin consciously employed the brutal policy of forced famine to 
        repress the Ukrainian peasantry in order to suppress Ukrainian self-
        assertion;
Whereas, on February 7, 1990, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of 
        Ukraine acknowledged that the Ukraine famine was artificially created by 
        the policies of Stalin and his closest associates;
Whereas internationally accepted principles of human rights condemn the use of 
        food as a political weapon;
Whereas the official observances of the Days of Sorrow and Remembrance of the 
        Victims of the Imposed Famine were held for the first time this year on 
        September 10 through 12 in Kiev, Ukraine; and
Whereas members of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine presented a copy of 4 
        volumes of their findings and conclusions, 10 volumes of archival 
        material, and 200 audio cassettes of testimony from famine survivors to 
        the Government of Ukraine following the official observances in Kiev: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the victims of the Soviet-engineered Ukraine famine of 
        1932-1933 be solemnly remembered on its 60th anniversary;
            (2) this anniversary underscores the hardship and 
        inhumanity of life under the repressive regime of the Soviet 
        Union;
            (3) the Congress condemns the systematic disregard for 
        human life, human rights, and human liberty that characterized 
        the policies of the Government of the Soviet Union during the 
        Ukraine famine of 1932-1933;
            (4) the presentation of a copy of the findings and 
        conclusions of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine to the 
        Government of Ukraine, as well as the supplemental material, 
        will assist in the dissemination of information about the 
        Ukraine famine of 1932-1933, and thereby help to prevent 
        similar future tragedies; and
            (5) the manmade Ukraine famine is a graphic illustration of 
        the unacceptable alternative to democracy and a free market 
        economy, and therefore the United States should seek to help 
        Ukraine and the other newly independent nations of the former 
        Soviet Union as they transform their societies.

SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL OF RESOLUTION.

    The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit a copy of 
this resolution to the President and the Secretary of State and request 
that the Secretary of State transmit a copy of the resolution to the 
Government of Ukraine.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 12, 1993.

            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.