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Ms Olena KHOMENKO

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Substitute
Deputy
Servant of the People

Verkhovna Rada
UA - 01008 - Kyiv
Ukraine

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance since 27/01/2020

In the Assembly

  • since 27/01/2020 Substitute - Ukraine

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (since 23/01/2023)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (since 23/01/2023)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 24/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 06/07/2020 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (from 28/01/2020 to 22/01/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Serhii SOBOLIEV (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 25/11/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Yuriy KAMELCHUK (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 27/01/2020 to 24/11/2021)

Interventions

Last speeches

27/04/2023 | 19:30:25 Dear Colleagues. It's my honour to speak. [On this resolution... sorry... sorry dear colleagues, apparently it doesn't work.... excuse me.] It's my honour to speak to you today about the importance of protecting our values within economic agreements. As we all know, trade agreements are not just about economic benefits, but also about promoting and protecting certain values such as human rights, environmental protection, and sustainable development. It is crucial that we not sacrifice these... 27/04/2023 | 16:07:52 Dear Colleagues, The crime of deportation is a typical tool of Russia throughout the centuries. The Russian Empire, the USSR, or the modern Russian Federation, this country has always aimed to destroy national communities. Nowadays, with its mass-scale campaign of stealing Ukrainian children, Russia goes for its ultimate mission of destroying the Ukrainian nation to steal your Ukrainian generations. Russian authorities have interrogated, detained, and forcibly deported hundreds of thousands... 25/04/2023 | 16:55:47 Fellow colleagues, Any captured Ukrainian territory and any remaining civilians are subject not only to the murder, torture, sexual violence, and abduction of children – for which Moscow troops are notorious – but also being subsumed into the Russian orbit with its tyranny, repression, and lies. Russia is fighting not only against us, our dear colleagues. They are betting against your democracy. And if you fail to act rapidly they have their chances to succeed. In November 2022, Ukraine... 27/01/2023 | 10:16:39 Dear Rapporteur, Ddear Colleagues, Talking about autonomous weapons, countries which are victims of aggressive states may find themselves in a very vulnerable position. Russia conducts a genocidal war against Ukraine not appreciating lives of their own people. Hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers marched to our lands, and many more are to come this year. This reckless approach leaves a more limited Ukrainian Armed Forces searching for very creative solutions, searching for assistance... 26/01/2023 | 12:59:47 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear Mr. Rapporteur, Dear colleagues, This resolution comes very timely as there is repeated ongoing missile attack in Ukraine. It is a logical step towards ensuring accountability and justice in this brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. This resolution elaborates Ukraine’s recent efforts to punish for crime of crimes – aggression – that would target Russia’s leadership responsible for the very start of the war. The Special Tribunal...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions