See related documentsWritten declaration
No.
572
| Doc. 13479
| 08 April 2014
Dialogue to find a durable and peaceful solution
Signatories: Mr Hans FRANKEN,
Netherlands, EPP/CD ; Mr Jean-Charles ALLAVENA,
Monaco, EPP/CD ; Ms Khadija ARIB,
Netherlands, SOC ; Ms Theodora BAKOYANNIS,
Greece, EPP/CD ; Mr Marek BOROWSKI,
Poland, SOC ; Ms Beata BUBLEWICZ,
Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Axel E. FISCHER,
Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Bernard FOURNIER,
France, EPP/CD ; Ms Ingebjørg GODSKESEN,
Norway, EDG ; Mr Hans Fredrik GRØVAN,
Norway, EPP/CD ; Ms Iwona GUZOWSKA,
Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Andrzej HALICKI,
Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Jürgen HARDT,
Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Frank J. JENSSEN,
Norway, EPP/CD ; Ms Kristin Ørmen JOHNSEN,
Norway, EPP/CD ; Mr Jan KAŹMIERCZAK,
Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Tiny KOX,
Netherlands, UEL ; Ms Marit MAIJ,
Netherlands, SOC ; Mr József NAGY,
Slovak Republic, EPP/CD ; Mr Pieter OMTZIGT,
Netherlands, EPP/CD ; Mr Joseph O'REILLY,
Ireland, EPP/CD ; Ms Carmen QUINTANILLA,
Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Kimmo SASI,
Finland, EPP/CD ; Ms Ingjerd SCHOU,
Norway, EPP/CD ; Ms Tineke STRIK,
Netherlands, SOC ; Mr Snorre Serigstad VALEN,
Norway, UEL ; Mr Klaas de VRIES,
Netherlands, SOC ; Mr Piotr WACH,
Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Morten WOLD,
Norway, EDG
This written declaration commits only those who have signed it.The undersigned members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe condemn without reservation the violation of the
territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine by the armed forces
of the Russian Federation in early March 2014 and expresses its
gravest concern that members of the Upper House of the Russian Parliament
unanimously authorised such action in advance.
We believe that there has been a serious violation of the
basic principles of the Council of Europe in Article 3 of, and the
preamble to, the Statute.
We therefore call upon the President of the Assembly, the
Chairman of the Committee of Ministers and the Secretary General
of the Council of Europe to convene at the earliest opportunity
a high level meeting with the Foreign Affairs Ministers of Ukraine
and the Russian Federation in order to de-escalate tensions and
to start a dialogue to find a durable and peaceful solution to the
present crisis.