,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march    
#ad1 #bjah ,mr4 ,portman 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 
,mr4 ,gardner1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 ,mr4       
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,johnson1
 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4    
,murphy1 and ,mrs4 ,shaheen7 submitted  
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,relations  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
the sense of the ,senate that the #heth 
anniversary of the ,ukrainian ,famine of
 #aicb-aicc1 known as the ,holodomor1   
should serve as a reminder of repressive
 ,soviet policies against the people of 
,ukraine4  ,whereas #bjag-bjah marks the
 #heth anniversary of the ,ukrainian    
,famine of #aicb-aicc1 known as the     
,holodomor2 ,whereas1 in #aicb and      
#aicc1 millions of ,ukrainian people    
perished at the will of the totalitarian
 ,stalinist government of the former    
,soviet ,union1 which perpetrated a     

premeditated famine in ,ukraine in an   
effort to break the nation's resistance 
to collectivization and communist       
occupation2 ,whereas the ,soviet        
government deliberately confiscated     
grain harvests and starved millions of  
,ukrainian men1 women1 and children by a
 policy of forced collectivization that 
sought to destroy the nationally        
conscious movement for independence2    
,whereas ,soviet dictator ,joseph       
,stalin ordered the borders of ,ukraine 
sealed to prevent anyone from escaping  
the manmade starvation and to prevent   
the delivery of any international food  
aid that would provide relief to the    
starving2 ,whereas numerous scholars    
worldwide have worked to uncover the    
scale of the famine1 including ,canadian
 wheat expert ,andrew ,cairns1 who      
visited ,ukraine in #aicb and was told  
that there was no grain 8because the    
government had collected so much grain  
and exported it to ,england and ,italy10
 while ,joseph ,stalin simultaneously   

denied food aid to the people of        
,ukraine2 ,whereas nearly a quarter of  
,ukraine's rural population perished or 
were forced into exile due to the       
induced starvation1 and the entire      
nation suffered from the consequences of
 the prolonged famine2 ,whereas noted   
correspondents of the time were refuted 
for their courage in depicting and      
reporting on the forced famine in       
,ukraine1 including ,gareth ,jones1     
,william ,henry ,chamberlin1 and        
,malcolm ,muggeridge1 who wrote1 8,they 
7the peasants7 will tell you that many  
have already died of famine and that    
many are dying every day2 that thousands
 have been shot by the government and   
hundreds of thousands exiled '''02      
,whereas title ,v of the ,departments of
 ,commerce1 ,justice1 and ,state1 the   
,judiciary1 and ,related ,agencies      
,appropriations ,act1 #aihf 7,public    
,law #ii-ahj2 #ii ,stat4 #aaeg71 signed 
into law on ,december #ac1 #aihe1       
established the ,commission on the      

,ukraine ,famine to 8conduct a study of 
the ,ukrainian ,famine of #aicb-aicc in 
order to expand the world's knowledge of
 the famine and provide the ,american   
public with a better understanding of   
the ,soviet system by revealing the     
,soviet role0 in it2 ,whereas1 with the 
dissolution of the ,soviet ,union1      
archival documents became available that
 confirmed the deliberate and           
premeditated deadly nature of the       
famine1 and that exposed the atrocities 
committed by the ,soviet government     
against the ,ukrainian people2 ,whereas 
,raphael ,lemkin1 who devoted his life  
to the development of legal concepts and
 norms for containing mass atrocities   
and whose tireless advocacy swayed the  
,united ,nations in #aidh to adopt the  
,convention on the ,prevention and      
,punishment of the ,crime of ,genocide1 
authored an essay in #aiec entitled1    
8,soviet ,genocide in the ,ukraine10    
which highlighted the classic example of
 ,soviet genocide1 characterizing it not

 simply a case of mass murder 1 but as a
 case of genocide1 of destruction1 not  
of individuals only1 but of a culture   
and a nation2 ,whereas ,ukraine's law ,n
 #cgf-,v ,about the #aicb-aicc          
,holodomor in ,ukraine of ,november #bh1
 #bjjf1 gave official recognition to the
 ,holodomor as an act of genocide       
against the ,ukrainian people2 ,whereas 
,president ,george ,w4 ,bush signed into
 law ,public ,law #aji-cdj on ,october  
#ac1 #bjjf1 authorizing the ,government 
of ,ukraine to establish a memorial on  
,federal land in the ,district of       
,columbia to honor the victims of the   
,ukrainian famine-genocide of           
#aicb-aicc1 which was officially        
dedicated in ,november #bjae2 ,whereas  
the ,government of ,ukraine and the     
,ukrainian communities in the ,united   
,states and worldwide continue their    
efforts to secure greater international 
awareness and understanding of the      
#aicb-aicc tragedy2 and ,whereas victims
 of the ,holodomor of #aicb-aicc will be

 commemorated by ,ukrainian communities 
around the globe1 and in ,ukraine1      
through ,november #bjah3 ,now1          
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 solemnly remembers the #heth       
anniversary of the ,holodomor of        
#aicb-aicc and extends its deepest      
sympathies to the victims1 survivors1   
and families of this tragedy2  7#b7     
condemns the systematic violations of   
human rights1 including the freedom of  
self-determination and freedom of       
speech1 of the ,ukrainian people by the 
,soviet government2  7#c7 recognizes the
 findings of the ,commission on the     
,ukraine ,famine as submitted to        
,congress on ,april #bb1 #aihh1         
including that ,joseph ,stalin and those
 around him committed genocide against  
the ,ukrainians in #aicb-aicc2  7#d7    
encourages dissemination of information 
regarding the ,holodomor of #aicb-aicc  
in order to expand the world's knowledge
 of this manmade tragedy2 and  7#e7     
supports the continuing efforts of the  

people of ,ukraine to work toward       
ensuring democratic principles1 a       
free-market economy1 and full respect   
for human rights1 in order to enable    
,ukraine to achieve its potential as an 
important strategic partner of the      
,united ,states in that region of the   
world1 and to reflect the will of its   
people4