The Swiss House of Representatives has officially recognized the Great Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933 as genocide against the Ukrainian civilian population. The resolution was adopted on Tuesday with 123 votes in favor, 58 against, and seven abstentions.
“I am grateful to the Swiss Parliament for recognizing the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people,” wrote the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk. “In a statement adopted, the Swiss National Council recognizes systematic actions aimed at mass and targeted killing by starvation with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group as an act of genocide.”
The Holodomor, a man-made famine engineered by Stalin's regime, led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians.
Recognition of the Holodomor as genocide gained renewed political attention following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Ukraine had officially declared the Holodomor a genocide in 2006. By the end of 2022, the German parliament also recognized it as genocide, followed by the French National Assembly and the Italian Senate in 2023.
