Today marks the 90th anniversary of one of the worst Soviet crimes, the Holodomor-Genocide of 1932–1933, organized by Stalin's totalitarian regime in Ukraine.

One of the earliest definitions of the Holodomor as genocide belongs to the famous Polish lawyer of Jewish origin Rafał Lemkin, who introduced the term "genocide" into international law. On September 20, 1953, in New York, during a rally to commemorate the victims of the famine, Lemkin delivered a speech entitled "Soviet Genocide in Ukraine." In it, he attested to the fact of "starvation", as well as "the extermination of the Ukrainian nation through its Russification, persecution of culture, repression of the intelligentsia, priests, and the national spirit of Ukraine".

Since Ukraine's independence, 28 states and 3 international organizations, including the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, have recognized the Holodomor of 1932–1933 as genocide against the Ukrainian people. This year, 55 UN member states and the EU delegation signed the Declaration initiated by Ukraine at the UN on the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor of 1932–1933.

In February 2022, the world saw that Moscow's motives, goals, and methods have not changed over the past 90 years. Russia's aggression against Ukraine is still aimed at wiping Ukraine off the map and destroying the Ukrainian people, Ukrainian culture, language and history.

Brutal killings of civilians and executions of prisoners of war, kidnapping of Ukrainian children, attacks on civilian and critical infrastructure are undeniable evidence that Russia is committing genocide against Ukrainians in the course of its war of aggression against our country.

In addition, Russia continues to use food and hunger as weapons on a global scale. Russia's blockade of Ukrainian seaports and obstruction of international navigation in the Black Sea have already provoked food shortages in many countries in Africa and Asia.

In memory of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, and despite its resistance to Russian armed aggression, Ukraine remains a guarantor of food security for many countries and regions of the world.

The Holodomor took millions of Ukrainian lives, but it did not break the Ukrainian nation in its desire for freedom and life in a free, democratic and civilized world. We will always remember the victims of the Holodomor and the massive man-made famines in Ukraine.

We are grateful to our foreign partners for making important decisions to recognize the Holodomor of 1932–1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people, for their support and solidarity with Ukraine in this difficult time in our modern history, and we call on the parliaments of those countries that have not yet taken this step to condemn the crimes of the Bolshevism totalitarian regime and recognize the Holodomor of 1932–1933 in Ukraine as genocide of the Ukrainian people.

Ukraine remembers, the world recognizes!