Joint Declaration of the Participants1 of the Second Parliamentary Summit

of the International Crimea Platform

Following the establishment of the International Crimea Platform at its Inaugural Summit

on 23 August 2021 representatives of national parliaments and parliamentary assemblies

of international organizations participating in the International Crimea Platform (hereinafter referred

to as "Participants") gathered in Prague, Czech Republic, on 24 October 2023 to hold

the Second Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform, jointly organized by the

Czech Republic and Ukraine.

Recalling the Joint Statement of the International Crimea Platform Participants, adopted

on the third anniversary of the establishment of the International Crimea Platform on 23 August 2023,

and the stipulations of the Joint Declaration of the participants of the First Parliamentary Summit of

the International Crimea Platform on 25 October 2022, held in Zagreb, Croatia,

recalling all relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly including 68/262 of 27 March 2014

“Territorial integrity of Ukraine”, ES-11/1 of 2 March 2022 “Aggression against Ukraine”, ES-11/2 of

24 March 2022 “Humanitarian consequences of the aggression against Ukraine”, ES-11/4 of 12 October

2022 “Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Defending the Principles of the Charter of the United Nations”,

ES-11/5 of 14 November 2022 “Furtherance of remedy and reparation of aggression against Ukraine”,

76/179 of 16 December 2022 “Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous

Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine”, ES-11/6 of 23 February 2023 “Principles of

the Charter of the United Nations underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine”,

reaffirming that the International Crimea Platform remains the pivotal foreign policy instrument for

consolidating international efforts aimed at the de-occupation and restoration of Ukraine's territorial

integrity, within its internationally recognized borders, for mitigating the consequences of the

temporary occupation and illegal attempt of annexation by the Russian Federation of the Autonomous

Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, and for safeguarding the rights and interests of

Ukrainian citizens,

expressing our support for the key principles, objectives and philosophy of Ukraine’s Peace Formula

as a realistic peace initiative on the table, which reflects the principles of the UN Charter, considering

the Peace Formula as a basis to establish comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in Ukraine.

Furthermore, emphasizing our willingness to assist tangible measures aimed at the support of the 10-

point peace plan,

commending the endeavours of individual nations and international organizations in establishing

Crimea Platform Support Groups within their respective parliamentary bodies,

recognizing that the Russian Federation’s illegal temporary occupation of the Autonomous Republic

of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in 2014 ultimately enabled the Russian Federation to launch its

full-scale military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022,

emphasizing that the Russian Federation, by unleashing an illegal war of aggression against Ukraine

and temporarily occupation and attempt of annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and

the city of Sevastopol and parts of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhya regions of

Ukraine, undertook to seize another state´s internationally recognized territory by force which has

resulted in numerous violations of international law, gross and systematic violations and abuses of

1 It is recognised that due to their constitutional position the Speakers of certain Parliaments and Chambers cannot directly associate themselves with substantive political statements, and therefore should not be seen as indicating specific support for all sections of this Joint Declaration. Nonetheless, on behalf of their Parliaments and Chambers, they recognise the importance of the issues raised in proposing particular ways forward. Furthermore, Speakers of Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian and Swedish parliaments are generally supportive of the content of this declaration, but they have constitutional/legal constraints, which prevent them from signing documents that could be perceived as binding for their parliaments and/or states. Similarly, GNA of Türkiye, while expressing its strong support to the foundational cause of the Joint Declaration, disassociates itself from the parts of the text that do not represent its national position.

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