UCCLA Media Release:
Ottawa (22 November 2013) – For Immediate Release
In 1953, Raphael
Lemkin, the “father” of the United Nations Convention on Genocide, described
the 1932-1933 famine in Soviet Ukraine as a “classic example of Soviet
genocide.”
In 2006, Ukraine’s
parliament, the Verkhovna
Rada , affirmed that the Great Famine of 1932-1933 was an act
of genocide. In May 2008 Canada’s parliament did likewise, establishing a
national Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor)
Memorial Day. This year Saturday, 23 November 2013, marks the
80th anniversary of this man-made catastrophe.
As Canadians of
Ukrainian heritage, we call upon our fellow citizens of all faiths and
nationalities to join us in hallowing the memory of the many millions of
victims murdered by the Stalinist regime during the Holodomor, one of the
greatest acts of genocide to befoul 20th century European
history.
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For more
information, please contact UCCLA at media@uccla.ca
For information about UCU's food drive in commemoration of the Holodomor, please see this blog post.
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