By KYIV. Sept 14 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) plans to adopt a resolution on dictatorship in the Russian Federation at the autumn session, member of the permanent delegation of the Verkhovna Rada to PACE Yevhenia Kravchuk (Servant of the People faction) said.
“Today [on September 14] we worked at a meeting of the PACE Bureau in Paris. The agenda of the PACE autumn session was approved. We will vote for such important resolutions as: ‘Clarifying the legitimacy and legality of the ad hominem refusal to limit the term of office for the current president of Russia’ – a resolution on dictatorship in Russia, speaker Pieter Omtzigt from the Netherlands, as well as ‘The role of the Council of Europe in conflict prevention, restoring confidence in international institutions and promoting global peace,’ our colleague Lesia Vasylenko,” Kravchuk wrote on her Facebook page on Thursday.
In addition, according to her, a debate with a resolution on Ukraine is planned in PACE.
“We will work with the PACE leadership on the details of the topic. It is important to combine the topic of civilian hostages, the deportation of children, and the historical background – the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor – genocide,” the parliamentarian said.
The participants of the PACE Bureau meeting also discussed the Riga Resolution recently adopted at the Conference of the Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe and exchanged views with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić on the introduction of the Register of Damage Caused to Ukraine.
“Over the next two months, the Council will work, which will determine the mechanism for submitting applications by citizens. We expect to open an office in Ukraine in early 2024. It is important that the focus will be on the affected people. But the state will also be able to apply for compensation for damage caused to the Russian Federation to the environment, cultural heritage, infrastructure. It is important to launch practically the next step – the international compensation commission and find a legal way to receive compensation funds from the aggressor country,” Kravchuk said.
