Holodomor petition

[Jeff Mowatt]

For those in the UK and those with friends in the UK, I've set up a campaign website to drive a petition for UK government to recognise the Holodomor as genocide.

http://www.holodomor.org.uk

It's only valid for UK residents to sign, so please let any friends in the UK know about it.

Jeff

[Admin]

For those in the UK and those with friends in the UK, I've set up a campaign website to drive a petition for UK government to recognise the Holodomor as genocide.

http://www.holodomor.org.uk

It's only valid for UK residents to sign, so please let any friends in the UK know about it.

Jeff

Does the UK have any "official" current position on the Holodomor?

- Dan

[Jeff Mowatt]

Dan, we may take the response of Minister Geoff Hoon below as being the official position though as you will see, unlike the US, Britain has not officially recognised the Hololdomor as Genocide.

"The Government recognises the scale of this tragedy and its importance in Ukraine's history. The famine needs to be better known and better understood. We welcome efforts by Ukraine to educate people about it both domestically and internationally. This has been highlighted by an exhibition for the KGB archives that has been put together by the security service of Ukraine (SBU) for an international tour.

The radio documentary of the famine produced by the BBC Ukrainian Service in 2004, shows that the UK continues to be interested in helping Ukraine achieve its aim of improving international understanding of the famine as many are still unaware of the full effects of the famine."