In a recent letter to senior office holders of various major European political institutions, the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) has called on these officials to demand that the Ukrainian government authorities immediately condemn all forms of glorification of Stalinism and cease promoting symbols of the Communist totalitarian regime.
The office bearers who are recipients of this letter include:
His Excellency Jerzy Buzek
President of the European Parliament
His Excellency Herman Van Rompuy
President of the European Council
His Excellency José Manuel Barroso
President of the European Commission
His Excellency Thorbjørn Jagland
Secretary General of the Council of Europe
His Excellency Audronius Ažubalis
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
His Excellency Ambassador Štefan Füle
European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy
The Honourable Pawel Kowal
Chair of the European Parliament Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
The Honourable Heidi Hautala
Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights
His Excellency Ambassador Thomas Hammarberg
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
His Excellency Ambassador Janez Lenarčič
OSCE Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
The Australian Federation of Ukrainians Organisations (AFUO) fully endorses this action, and has written to the same office bearers to this effect.
Full text of the AFUO Letter: Support letter Condemnation of Stalinist era
The UWC letter: http://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/UserFiles/File/Letters/18May2011_European_Community.pdf
Freedom House report on the State of Democracy and Human Rights in Ukraine: http://freedomhouse.org/uploads/special_report/98.pdf
