UWC calls on global community to join Ukrainians in remembrance of Holodomor victims

“The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) and the 20-million strong Ukrainian diaspora urge the international community to join Ukrainians around the world in remembrance of Holodomor victims and acknowledgement of the truth. The crime of the Holodomor and the motive of the perpetrator, Stalin’s totalitarian regime, are well documented. Therefore, every individual in the free world who enjoys fundamental human rights and freedoms has an obligation to heed the lessons of the Holodomor and protect democratic principles and values,” reads the statement on the UWC official website.

On Saturday, November 23, 2019, Ukrainians around the world will light a candle of remembrance in their homes with a prayer for the victims of the Holodomor - a genocide perpetrated against the Ukrainian people in an attempt to destroy the Ukrainian national identity.

The Holodomor Memorial Day is marked annually on the fourth Saturday of November.

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