12 July 1995

Doc. 7358

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

on the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact

presented by Mr PAUNESCU, Romania, UEL

and others

This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it

      The Assembly,

1.       Finding that, in the historical endeavour of contemporary Europe to repair the injustices suffered by peoples, mostly by those in central and eastern Europe, a unique principle or a criteria beyond occult interests and conjunctural arrangements has not yet been highlighted,

2.       Considers it necessary that such a goal be based on a common approach of solidarity in rejecting the two totalitarian systems which gravely undermined the Europe of this century, namely nazism and bolshevism, and of condemnation of their complicity which is tragically embodied in the so-called Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, signed on 23 August 1939;

3.       In this respect, the Assembly considers that the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact is null and void and recommends that all member countries fully commit themselves to removing its ill-fated consequences and restoring the historic truth, in order to assure a lasting and just peace in the current and future Europe.

Signed:

(see overleaf)

Signed:

Paunescu, Romania, UEL

Gabrielescu, Romania, SOC

Mocioi, Romania, UEL

Severin, Romania, SOC

Motiu, Romania, -

Dionisi, Italy, UEL

Figel, Slovakia, EPP

Fogaš, Slovakia, SOC

Galanos, Cyprus, LDR

Zingeris, Lithuania, EDG

Prestigiacomo, Italy, EPP

Pastuszka, Poland, EPP

Newall, United Kingdom, EDG

Atkinson, United Kingdom, EDG

*       SOC : Socialist Group

      EPP : Group of the European People's Party

      EDG : European Democratic Group

      LDR : Liberal, Democratic and Reformers Group

      UEL : Group of the Unified European Left