OSCE, Alm.del - 2022-23 (2. samling) - Bilag 9: Letter letter of the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to OSCE PA Mr.Poturaiev

OSCEs Parlamentariske Forsamling 2022-23 (2. samling)
OSCE Alm.del Bilag 9
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Address

of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-

operation in Europe (OSCE PA) and the parliaments of its member States

regarding the unacceptability of the participation of members of the

parliament of the Russian Federation in the work of the Assembly's statutory

bodies

Highlighting the important role of the Organization for Security and Co-

operation in Europe (OSCE) in promoting peace and security, the rule of law and

human rights, and the development of democratic institutions in the area stretching

from North America to the Far East,

reiterating the unwavering position of the Ukrainian State regarding the

consistent implementation and observance of the generally recognized principles

and norms of international law, OSCE commitments, the provisions of the Final Act

of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (Helsinki Final Act of

1975) and the Paris Charter for a New Europe,

affirming that the Russian Federation, by launching an unprovoked war of

aggression against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, which became a continuation of

the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine since 2014 and is accompanied by

unprecedentedly cruel war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide of

the Ukrainian people, has violated all the fundamental principles of the OSCE, in

particular, such as the inviolability of borders, respect for the sovereignty and

territorial integrity of States and the non-use of force or the threat of force, and made

it impossible to fulfill the main task of ensuring comprehensive security and

implementing conflict prevention mechanisms in the OSCE region,

referring to the Address of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of September 8,

2016 regarding the illegal elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation in

the territory of the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the

city of Sevastopol and the Statement of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of

September 22, 2021 regarding the non-recognition and illegality of regular elections

of deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and the illegitimacy of the

parliament formed as a result of such elections; and recalling, that in 2021 the voting

for the State Duma of the Russian Federation took place in the temporarily occupied

territories of Ukraine with the involvement of Ukrainian citizens with illegally

issued passports of citizens of the Russian Federation, which is legally null and void;

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underlining the futility, worthlessness and impossibility of continuing the

interparliamentary dialogue with the members of the parliament of the terrorist State,

which continues the temporary occupation and attempts to annex parts of the

sovereign territory of Ukraine and thereby demonstrates the disregard to the

fundamental principles of the OSCE and threatens the future and development

prospects of the Organization and its Parliamentary Assembly, as well as the attitude

of members of parliaments of the participating States who support such a policy of

ignoring the goals of the OSCE,

highlighting, in this context, the decision of the OSCE Parliamentary

Assembly enshrined in the Birmingham Declaration and its Resolution "The Russian

Federation’s War

of Aggression Against Ukraine and Its People, and Its Threat to

Security Across the OSCE Region” adopted at the 29

Annual Session of the

Assembly in July 2022, regarding the assignment to the Standing Committee of the

Assembly to make changes to the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, which would

provide for the suspension of the mandate of the national parliamentary delegation

of an OSCE participating State in case it violates the OSCE principles and

commitments and the provisions of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and

Co-operation in Europe ( Helsinki Final Act of 1975),

condemning the immoral and insidious nature of the massive barbaric attacks

by the Russian Federation on critical civilian infrastructure of Ukraine and

residential buildings, with the aim to inflict maximum harm to the civilian

population, particularly during the winter period, and creating a large-scale

humanitarian disaster with the hope that it will undermine the will of the Ukrainian

people to resist the Russian invasion,

drawing attention to the purposeful extermination by the Russian Federation

of the Ukrainian people, objects of cultural heritage, educational and health care

institutions, ordinary multistory residential buildings, which has all the signs of

genocide; as well as to the indiscriminate rocket attacks and artillery shelling of the

objects of the united energy system of Ukraine by the Russian occupying forces,

which do not pursue any military goals and have exclusively a terrorist goal and lead

to numerous victims among the civilian population, in particular children,

recalling the purposeful multi-month blockade of Ukrainian ports by the

Russian aggressor, which provokes the world food crisis, as well as the ongoing

attempts of the Russian Federation to block work within the framework of the Black

Sea Grain Initiative and to continue food blackmail in order to promote and achieve

its aggressive and revisionist goals,

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stressing that the Russian Federation continues to use the accessible

international platforms to spread disinformation and propaganda narratives in order

to mislead the States and expects to continue to do so within the framework of the

OSCE PA,

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appeals to the OSCE Parliamentary

Assembly and the parliaments of its member States:

to approve the amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, which

would provide for suspension of the mandates of the members of the OSCE PA,

representing the parliaments of the participating States violating the OSCE

principles and committing the act of armed aggression against another participating

State of the Organization, as well as to adopt the decision on such suspension of the

mandates of the members of the parliamentary delegations of the Russian Federation

and the Republic of Belarus, as well as to continue further reform of the

Organization;

to refrain from joint work with representatives of the Russian Federation and

the Republic of Belarus in the statutory bodies of the Assembly and related events

held by the Assembly, for the period until the terrorist State's attitude towards the

principles and goals of the OSCE is completely changed and the commitments

undertaken within the Organization are fully fulfilled;

to request the Governments of participating States to apply visa restrictions to

members of the parliaments of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus,

who are under the sanctions of the European Union and other OSCE participating

States, as well as to call for further increase of sanctions pressure on Russia for its

aggressive war against Ukraine;

to support the Polish-Lithuanian initiative regarding the appeal to the

responsible officials of Austria and the OSCE PA to support restrictive measures

and prevent representatives of the Russian Federation from participating in the

regular Winter meeting of the OSCE PA;

to condemn the terrorist actions of the Russian Federation aimed to destroy

Ukraine, to recognize the criminal actions of the Russian Federation on the territory

of Ukraine as genocide of the Ukrainian people, and to recognize Russia itself as a

terrorist State, and make a relevant statement of the OSCE PA during the Winter

meeting;

to adopt legislative acts that would allow to settle the issue of confiscation of

frozen financial and other assets of the Russian Federation and its citizens for their

subsequent transfer to Ukraine as compensation for the damage caused by Russian

aggression, and to join the initiative to create a Special International Tribunal;

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to increase sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation with the goal to stop

the war and global world crisis created by the terrorist State, and to restore

international legal order based on mutual respect and cooperation, and not on nuclear

or any other blackmail, use or threat of use of force;

significantly increase economic, financial and security assistance to Ukraine,

which will make it possible to advance the victory of the Ukrainian State in the

defensive war against the Russian Federation and restore peace, stability and

security in the world.