EUU, Alm.del - 2021-22 - Bilag 376: Udtalelser fra en række parlamenter i EU vedr. situationen i Ukraine

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SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

RESOLUTION

ON CONDEMNING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S AGGRESSION

AND WAR CRIMES IN UKRAINE

12 April 2022 No XIV-1010

Vilnius

The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania,

having regard to

the provisions of Resolution XIV-930 of the Seimas of the Republic of

Lithuania of 24 February 2022 on the Aggression of Russia and Belarus against Ukraine,

Resolution No XIV-931 of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania of 10 March 2022 on the

Granting of EU Candidate Status to Ukraine and Ukraine’s Full Membership of the European

Union, and Resolution No XIV-941 of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania of 17 March 2022

on Active Measures to Ensure the Security of the Civilian Population and Critical Infrastructure

in Ukraine;

recalling

the United Nations General Assembly Resolution of 2 March 2022 on the Russian

Aggression against Ukraine and Resolution of 24 March 2022 on Humanitarian Consequences of

the Aggression against Ukraine;

welcoming

the United Nations General Assembly Resolution of 7 April 2022 on

Suspension of the Rights of Membership of the Russian Federation in the Human Rights Council;

considering

the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and the large-scale

and unprovoked war in Europe as an attempt to destroy the European security architecture based

on the rules and values of international law, and as a brutal attack on freedom, democracy and

Western civilisation based on respect for the rights of every human being and citizen;

shocked

by the testimonies coming from Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka, Mariupol, Kramatorsk

and other parts of Ukraine about the crimes committed by the troops of the Russian Federation

against the Ukrainian civilian population, including women and children;

stressing

that the killing of civilians, the abduction of people from the occupied territories

of Ukraine and their forcible transfer to the Russian Federation, as well as the targeted attacks on

civilian infrastructure and the brutal behaviour of the Russian troops, which reaches beyond the

norms of the civilised world, constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity under

international law, for which legal accountability will be sought;

EUU, Alm.del - 2021-22 - Bilag 376: Udtalelser fra en række parlamenter i EU vedr. situationen i Ukraine

considering

that the sanctions imposed on Russia so far are insufficient and fail to deliver

the expected results of ending the war and restoring the integrity and sovereignty of the entire

territory of Ukraine;

emphasising

that the Russian Federation bears liability for the outbreak and consequences

of the war, including the payment of reparations,

strongly condemns

the continued military aggression, war crimes against sovereign

Ukraine and its people as well as crimes against humanity committed and being committed by the

Russian Federation, with the complicity of the Republic of Belarus;

calls on

Ukraine and the international community to urgently and thoroughly document

the crimes committed by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine and to set up an

international criminal tribunal with a view to bringing all perpetrators to justice;

proposes

that, after due consideration of the legal consequences, the war crimes and crimes

against humanity committed by the Russian Federation be qualified as genocide of the Ukrainian

people;

invites

the international community to continue to provide Ukraine with a wide range of

weapons to enable Ukraine to defend its freedom and sovereignty, to restore the integrity of its

territory and to prevent further mass killings of civilians;

condemns

the Russian Federation’s claims that the Russian Federation may decide to use

weapons of mass destruction and stresses that any use of such weapons is unacceptable and that

the response of the international community, NATO and the European Union to such a move must

be the strongest possible;

demands

that the Russian Federation immediately withdraw its troops from the occupied

regions of Moldova and Georgia and from the Republic of Belarus;

encourages

the further substantial strengthening of sanctions against the Russian

Federation and the Republic of Belarus until the Russian Federation withdraws its troops from the

entire territory of Ukraine, including Crimea, and

stresses

the need to ensure that the

implementation of the sanctions already imposed is comprehensive and effective, both at national,

European Union and international level;

welcomes

the decision of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania to completely

abandon gas imports from the Russian Federation and

urges

the EU Member States and NATO

member countries and their allies to introduce a full embargo on imports of oil, coal, nuclear fuel

and gas from the Russian Federation;

advocates

the confiscation of all assets of Russian Federation officials or oligarchs linked

to Vladimir Putin’s regime, their confidants and those who provide cover for and empower them,

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and the revocation of their Schengen or national visas, with a view to the total and immediate

banning of ‘golden’ passports, visas

and residence permits in the European Union;

appeals

to all states of the world which recognise and respect the principles of international

law urging them not to assist, enable or allow the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

to circumvent and avoid the sanctions imposed on them for the military aggression, war crimes

and crimes against humanity perpetrated by them;

welcomes

the actions of the Republic of Lithuania and other EU Member States and NATO

member countries and their allies in expelling Russian security officers to prevent on their

territories Russia’s intelligence activities aimed at destroying the values on which our freedom and

prosperity and those of our allies are based;

invites

the EU Member States and NATO member countries to lower the level of

diplomatic representation of the Russian Federation;

calls on

the EU Member States and NATO member countries as well as on all democratic

states to counter the activities of the media channels and media outlets of the Russian Federation

that spread disinformation, incite violence and justify war crimes and crimes against humanity;

expresses

its support for all Russians and Belarusians who oppose the criminal war against

Ukraine perpetrated by the Kremlin and Minsk regimes;

supports

efforts to establish the Ukraine Solidarity Trust Fund to rebuild Ukraine after the

war, to initiate a large-scale

investment programme and to restore the country’s growth potential;

reiterates

its call for Ukraine to be granted EU candidate status as soon as possible;

looks forward

to a positive opinion of the European Commission regarding Ukraine’s

membership of the European Union and appreciates the fact that in the context of the

implementation of the Association Agreement, including the establishment of a Deep and

Comprehensive Free Trade Area, Ukraine has already made significant and substantial progress

in its reform efforts, including the transposition of a large part of the EU

acquis;

calls on

the European Union, its Member States, the allies and international organisations

to provide financial support to countries that have hosted the country’s citizens forced to flee the

war in Ukraine, helping them to address the challenges of ensuring a dignified life, continuing

education and integration into the labour market for those who have fled the war;

advocates

further coordination of actions within the European Union and with NATO

allies;

reiterates

its full solidarity with Ukraine and its people.

Speaker of the Seimas

Viktorija

Čmilytė-Nielsen