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KYIV. Dec 14 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the European Parliament to adopt a separate resolution to support the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
He said this while speaking to the European Parliament via video link at the Andrei Sakharov Prize ceremony on Wednesday. The award was presented this year to The Brave Ukrainian people, who are represented by the President of Ukraine, elected leaders and civil society.
“I am grateful to all the leaders and states, all the politicians and international organizations who are working together with us and are making every possible effort to create a tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine. I call on all of you, your parties and states to effectively support this work!” he said.
“The tribunal must start working. The European Parliament has already supported this idea. It is necessary to turn it into reality as soon as possible. In particular, through the adoption of a separate resolution of the European Parliament in support of the creation of the Tribunal, through your support and the support of your countries for the corresponding resolution of the UN General Assembly,” the President said.
He also called on the European Parliament to support the recognition of the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people. “I know that tomorrow you will consider the issue of recognizing the Holodomor crime against the Ukrainian people as genocide. And I urge you to support such a recognition with the maximum majority of votes for the sake of justice. Europe should give the strongest possible signal that there will not be a single gap left in the history of tragedies on our continent, in the history of crimes against humanity and humanness committed on our land,” Zelensky said.
President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola presented the award in the hall to chairman of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Serhiyy Kruk, mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov, founder of the evacuation medical unit Angels of Taira Yulia Pajyevska, human rights activist Oleksandra Matviychuk, representatives of the Resistance Movement Yellow Ribbon.
