President Bush signs bill on Famine-Genocide memorial

WASHINGTON - On Friday, October 13, President George W. Bush signed into law HR 562, which authorizes the government of Ukraine to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the man-made Famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933. The announcement was made that day by the Office of the Press Secretary at the White House.

The law provides that "The government of Ukraine is authorized to establish a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933."

It also notes that the U.S. government "shall not pay any expense for the establishment of the memorial or its maintenance," as the memorial is envisioned as a gift from the government of Ukraine to recognize the 7 million to 10 million victims of the Famine-Genocide, or Holodomor, orchestrated by Stalin.

HR 562 was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Sander Levin on February 2, 2005, and was passed by the House on November 16, 2005. The Senate passed the measure on September 29 of this year.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, October 29, 2006, No. 44, Vol. LXXIV

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