[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 42 Referred in House (RFH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 42


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 1993

              Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the sixtieth 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.

Whereas this year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Ukraine famine of 1932-
        1933;
Whereas, during 1932-1933, an estimated seven million to ten 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 Soviet dictator 
        ``Joseph Stalin and those around him committed genocide against 
        Ukrainians in 1932-1933'' to repress the Ukrainian peasantry and 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 prohibit 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 are commemorated this year on September 10 
        through 12 in Kiev, Ukraine; and
Whereas members of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine are presenting a copy of 
        their findings and conclusions to the Government of Ukraine during the 
        official observances in Ukraine: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 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 sixtieth anniversary;
            (2) this anniversary underscores the hardship and 
        inhumanity of life under the repressive regime of the Soviet 
        Union during the Ukraine Famine of 1932-1933;
            (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 on September 10-12 by members of the 
        Commission 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 other newly independent States of the former Soviet 
        Union as they transform their societies.

SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL OF RESOLUTION.

    The Secretary of the Senate 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 Senate September 10 (legislative day, September 
      7), 1993.

            Attest:

                                             WALTER J. STEWART,

                                                             Secretary.