Europarådet 2022-23 (2. samling)
ERD Alm.del Bilag 14
Offentligt
DECLARATION
In support of Ukraine's NATO membership
49
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National Assembly:
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Stressing that the military aggression and the violation of internationally recognized
borders, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states constitute the most significant
threat to international law, security and peace;
Condemning in the strongest terms Russia's continuing unprovoked and unjustified full-
scale war and the crimes against Ukraine and its people;
Insisting on holding the perpetrators of these crimes to account through identifying
effective international legal mechanisms;
Recalling its unwavering support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity
and democratic development of Ukraine and for its European and Euro-Atlantic future,
as an important element for the security of the Black Sea region and the achievement of
the vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace, which correspond with the Bulgarian
national interest;
Underlining the inalienable right of individual or collective self-defence in accordance
with Article 51 of the UN Charter and the right of States to choose how to guarantee their
own security arrangements;
Recalling all adopted relevant NATO decisions and documents, the 2008 Bucharest NATO
Summit decisions on Ukraine's accession to the Alliance, and the necessity to implement
the 2022 Madrid Summit decisions;
Supporting Ukraine's aspiration to join NATO, which can be achieved when peace is
restored on the territory of the country.
Welcoming
Ukrainian people’s
wide support for
the country’s
full-fledged NATO
membership, as yet another proof it is part of the European and the Euro-Atlantic family
of democratic values and principles;
Emphasizing the importance of the NATO-Ukraine Council for the deepening of
cooperation with Ukraine,
Declares:
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1. States that the most direct and preferable path to the restoration of peace in Ukraine, the
Black Sea region, and Europe is the full and immediate voluntary withdrawal of the
Russian Federation out of the internationally recognized borders of all affected sovereign
states;
2. Firmly demands the immediate cessation of the nuclear blackmail, and of all actions of
the Russian Federation in complete breach of the Charter of the United Nations, which
represent the most severe attack on the peace and prosperity of the European, and of the
Russian people;