Udenrigsudvalget 2013-14
URU Alm.del Bilag 96
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CONCLUSIONS ON THE EVENTS IN UKRAINE ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEANAFFAIRS COMMITTEE29 JANUARY 2014
The European Affairs Committee,In the light of its previous Conclusions of 5 November 2013 on European Union-Ukraine relations,In the light of the evolution of the situation in Ukraine since that date,In the light of the Statement of 17 January 2014 by the High RepresentativeCatherine ASHTON on the measures adopted on 16 January by the Ukrainianparliament,In the light of the Conclusions of 20 January 2014 by the Foreign AffairsCouncil on the latest developments in the situation in Ukraine,In the light of the Statement of 22 January 2014 by the President of theCommission José Manuel BARROSO:1. Expresses its profound emotion in the face of the brutal repression of thedemonstrations by the opposition in January 2014, which left several casualties andmany injured.2. Notifies its indignation at the adoption on 16 January 2014 by the Ukrainianparliament of legislation which would have led to a considerable restriction of thefreedoms of expression, assembly and demonstration, and would have countered theprogress previously achieved by Ukraine towards a rapprochement with the fundamentalvalues of the European Union.3. Takes note of the fact that the Ukrainian parliament meeting in extraordinarysession voted on 28 January to repeal these measures.4. Urges the Ukrainian authorities to end the brutal repression of thedemonstrations and hold open dialogue with the representatives of the opposition andcivil society, in order to find a democratic and enduring solution to the present crisis.5. Presses for the release of the persons arrested arbitrarily on the occasion ofthese demonstrations and for that of all the political detainees; desires that thesemeasures should be adopted very rapidly to solve the cases of suspicious disappearanceand sanction those committing acts of violence against the demonstrators.6. If no democratic solution to the present crisis is found and if the infringementsof human rights and fundamental freedoms continue to be committed in the weeks
ahead, calls on the European Union to take targeted sanctions against the Ukrainianauthorities.
