Hawaii 2023 Regular Session

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 168 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE RESOLUTION Remembering the 90th anniversary of ukrainian genocide (holodomor) by the soviet union in 1932-1933.
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35	35	Remembering the 90th anniversary of ukrainian genocide (holodomor) by the soviet union in 1932-1933.
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43	43	WHEREAS, 90 years ago, in 1933, Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin and his totalitarian regime committed an act of genocide through the implementation of an engineered famine, confiscating all foodstuffs from the Ukrainian people resulting in the deaths of 7-10 million innocent men, women, and children; and WHEREAS, this genocide, Holodomor, meaning murder by starvation, was specifically designed by the Soviet regime to punish independent-minded Ukrainians for their resistance to Stalins political, economic, cultural, and social subjugation; and WHEREAS, even as the Soviets continued to export Ukraines grain to the rest of the world, Ukrainian farmers, who tended to the farms in the breadbasket of Europe, were purposefully starved in a slow and painful death; and WHEREAS, hundreds of archival KGB documents created during this genocide detailed and described the Soviet regimes actions and intention to destroy Ukraines national identity by deporting and executing Ukraine's religious, intellectual, and cultural leaders, and prosecuting or executing others who dared to speak of the Holodomor; and WHEREAS, through a recently released major motion film entitled Mr. Jones, depicting Welsh journalist Gareth Jones who witnessed and reported on the Holodomor, the world is afforded an opportunity to understand the realities of the Soviet crime; and WHEREAS, the official recognition by the government of Ukraine of the Holodomor as a genocide represents a significant step in adjudicating Soviet crimes and in reestablishing Ukraines national identity and the advancement of efforts to establish a democratic and free Ukraine that is fully integrated into the Western community of nations; and WHEREAS, the current war in Ukraine has been referred to as a genocide and is yet another example of relentless Russian aggression attempting to suppress a freedom-loving nation and its social, cultural, historical, economic, and national development; and WHEREAS, in relating the historical context of the 1932-1933 Holodomor and the current war in Ukraine, the poignant theme as we approach the upcoming 90th anniversary commemoration of the Holodomor remains profound and significant: Holodomor Then, Genocide Now, Justice When?; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, that all individuals, groups, organizations, and institutions are urged to remember the Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide of 1932-1933 with appropriate activities designed to honor its victims and educate about this tragic episode in the world's history; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, and members of the Ukrainian Caucus in the United States Congress. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: Remembering the 90th anniversary of Ukrainian genocide (Holodomor) by the Soviet Union in 1932-1933
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45	45	WHEREAS, 90 years ago, in 1933, Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin and his totalitarian regime committed an act of genocide through the implementation of an engineered famine, confiscating all foodstuffs from the Ukrainian people resulting in the deaths of 7-10 million innocent men, women, and children; and
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49	49	WHEREAS, this genocide, Holodomor, meaning murder by starvation, was specifically designed by the Soviet regime to punish independent-minded Ukrainians for their resistance to Stalins political, economic, cultural, and social subjugation; and
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53	53	WHEREAS, even as the Soviets continued to export Ukraines grain to the rest of the world, Ukrainian farmers, who tended to the farms in the breadbasket of Europe, were purposefully starved in a slow and painful death; and
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57	57	WHEREAS, hundreds of archival KGB documents created during this genocide detailed and described the Soviet regimes actions and intention to destroy Ukraines national identity by deporting and executing Ukraine's religious, intellectual, and cultural leaders, and prosecuting or executing others who dared to speak of the Holodomor; and
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61	61	WHEREAS, through a recently released major motion film entitled Mr. Jones, depicting Welsh journalist Gareth Jones who witnessed and reported on the Holodomor, the world is afforded an opportunity to understand the realities of the Soviet crime; and
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65	65	WHEREAS, the official recognition by the government of Ukraine of the Holodomor as a genocide represents a significant step in adjudicating Soviet crimes and in reestablishing Ukraines national identity and the advancement of efforts to establish a democratic and free Ukraine that is fully integrated into the Western community of nations; and
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69	69	WHEREAS, the current war in Ukraine has been referred to as a genocide and is yet another example of relentless Russian aggression attempting to suppress a freedom-loving nation and its social, cultural, historical, economic, and national development; and
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73	73	WHEREAS, in relating the historical context of the 1932-1933 Holodomor and the current war in Ukraine, the poignant theme as we approach the upcoming 90th anniversary commemoration of the Holodomor remains profound and significant: Holodomor Then, Genocide Now, Justice When?; now, therefore,
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77	77	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, that all individuals, groups, organizations, and institutions are urged to remember the Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide of 1932-1933 with appropriate activities designed to honor its victims and educate about this tragic episode in the world's history; and
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81	81	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, and members of the Ukrainian Caucus in the United States Congress.
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