The Second World War and the denunciation of totalitarian crimes
Written declaration
No.
429
| Doc. 12025
| 16 October 2009
- Signatories:
- Mr Andres HERKEL,
Estonia, EPP/CD ; Mr Ryszard BENDER,
Poland, EDG ; Mr Andris BĒRZINŠ,
Latvia, ALDE ; Ms Ingrida CIRCENE,
Latvia, EPP/CD ; Mr Juris DOBELIS,
Latvia, EDG ; Mr Mátyás EÖRSI,
Hungary, ALDE ; Mr György FRUNDA,
Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Giorgi GABASHVILI,
Georgia, EPP/CD ; Ms Rosario GREEN MACÍAS,
Mexico ; Ms Dzhema GROZDANOVA,
Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Ms Olha HERASYM'YUK,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Göran LINDBLAD,
Sweden, EPP/CD ; Mr Dariusz LIPIŃSKI,
Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Aleksei LOTMAN,
Estonia, UEL ; Mr Akaki MINASHVILI,
Georgia, ALDE ; Mr Aleksandar NENKOV,
Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Mr Hryhoriy OMELCHENKO,
Ukraine ; Ms Marietta de POURBAIX-LUNDIN,
Sweden, EPP/CD ; Mr Christos POURGOURIDES,
Cyprus, EPP/CD ; Mr Indrek SAAR,
Estonia, SOC ; Mr Kimmo SASI,
Finland, EPP/CD ; Ms Chiora TAKTAKISHVILI,
Georgia, ALDE ; Mr Zhivko TODOROV,
Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Mr Latchezar TOSHEV,
Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS,
Lithuania, EPP/CD ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS,
Lithuania, EPP/CD
- Thesaurus
This written declaration does not reflect the position of the Assembly; only of those members that have signed it. It will not be considered further by the Assembly.
September 2009 marks the 70th anniversary
of the outbreak of the Second World War. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
and its Secret Protocol, signed on 23 August 1939, opened the way
for a joint attack on Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union,
launched on 1 September and 17 September 1939 respectively.
Whereas both the international community and post-war Germany
condemned the crimes of National Socialism immediately after the
end of the Second World War, the crimes of the Stalinist regime
still remain to be unanimously condemned both at international level
and by the Russian Federation.
In this regard, the undersigned call upon the Parliamentary
Assembly to:
- continue to assess
and judge the crimes of communism from a legal, moral, political
and historical point of view, on the understanding that an objective
and comprehensive assessment of the communist totalitarian past,
and in particular the Stalinist crimes, could lead to a deeper understanding
and sound future integration of all European nations;
- assist Russia in carrying out a comprehensive public debate
on the crimes of the Stalinist regime.
