Ukrainian civilians deported to Russia, including children, and their quick return; and to ensure the safety of humanitarian personnel as they carry out their work;

34. Notes that Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Prevention andPunishment of the Crime of Genocide, which entered into force in 1951,confirmed that genocide, namely acts committed with intent to destroy, in wholeor in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, whether committed in timesof peace or in times of war, is a crime under international law, which theyundertake to prevent and punish;

35. Supports a continued international effort, in co-operation with Ukraine, to collectevidence of violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine and to holdaccountable those responsible by bringing them to justice through an effectivelegal mechanism at all levels of political and military authority, particularly for actsdetermined to constitute a war of aggression, war crimes, crimes againsthumanity or genocide of the Ukrainian people;

36. Calls for the quick establishment of effective legal mechanisms to prosecute andpunish those responsible for such crimes, including a special internationalcriminal tribunal, as well as the provision of the financial support needed for thiseffort to succeed in providing justice;

37. Acknowledges those citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus who havecourageously expressed opposition to the war against Ukraine waged by theundemocratic Governments of their countries, and have expressed theirsolidarity with the Ukrainian people;

38. Calls on the governments of all other participating States, individually andcollectively, to declare the clear, gross and uncorrected nature of the RussianFederation’s violations of Helsinki Final Act principles and commitments inUkraine, and to consider therefore the possibility of whatever collective responsemay be deemed appropriate and necessary to safeguard human rights,democracy and the rule of law through peaceful means in light of these violations,as foreseen by the signatories to the Document on Further Development ofCSCE Institutions and Structures adopted at the Prague meeting of theMinisterial Council of 30–31 January 1992, paragraph 16;

39. Condemns the Russian Federation’s threatening nuclear rhetoric, recalls that thefive nuclear-weapon States, including the Russian Federation, have affirmed thata nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought, and calls on all Statesparties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weaponsto recommitto the treaty’s Article VI on nuclear disarmament, with the ultimate goal being asecurity environment that allows for a world without nuclear weapons;

40. Urges the OSCE and participating States to explore possibilities for theredeployment of an OSCE field operation in Ukraine with a robust mandateincluding support for the many security and humanitarian needs of the Ukrainianpopulation;

41. Welcomes the appointment by the OSCE PA President of a SpecialRepresentative for Parliamentary Dialogue on Ukraine, and endorses his efforts

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