Before the decision was adopted, a discussion took place among Austrian parliamentarians about whether to call the Holodomor of 1932-1933 a genocide of the Ukrainian people.
The Austrian National Council adopted a resolution “On the prevention of starvation and shortages as weapons of war against the civilian population”, in which it called the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine a “horrific that crime” of the Stalinist regime. About this on Saturday, December 17, writes Ukrinform.
The document was adopted without opposition, all parliamentary factions voted in favor.
In the decision, the National Council invites the Federal Government of Austria, in particular the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs, to “continue, within the framework of the proven path of the Austrian dialogue, to promote that hunger and deficits are not used. as a weapon against civilians or as a means of pressure on governments, and highlight the parallels between history and the present and denounce the crimes involved.”
It was also noted that in those days “this terrible crime” was ignored by the world community, and one of the few Western figures who protested against the Holodomor in the 1930s was the then Cardinal of Vienna Theodor Innitzer.
In the adopted resolution, the National Council invites the federal government, especially the federal minister for European and international affairs, “to continue to promote, within the framework of the proven path of the Austrian dialogue, that the hunger and lack is not used as a weapon against civilians or as a means of pressure on governments as well as emphasizing the parallels between history and the present and condemning the crimes involved.”
Before the adoption of the document, a discussion took place among Austrian parliamentarians about whether to call the Holodomor of 1932-1933 a genocide of the Ukrainian people. This definition is supported by the liberal opposition party NEOS. Also, the representative of the Green Party, which is part of the government coalition, Eva Ernst-Dzidzic emphasized that “from a historical and political point of view” this is a crime against humanity and genocide.
At the same time, the right-wing populist and pro-Russian Austrian Freedom Party contested the definition of “genocide”. In addition, there was no support for the opposition Social Democratic Party of Austria.
As for the Austrian People’s Party, led by Chancellor Karl Negammer, there was also no common decision to recognize the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.
As a result, in a document supported by all parliamentary factions, the signatories expressed their recognition of the “horrible crime of the Holodomor” and noted the importance of the contribution of such recognition to the analysis of the crimes of th -20 century as a central element in understanding the past. “The resolution states “the use of hunger as a weapon in Russia’s current war of aggression against Ukraine”.
Recall that the European Parliament recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people, organized by the authorities of the USSR.
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Source: korrespondent
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