human rights, and threats to fundamental aspects of Ukraine's sovereignty, and has undermined key

principles of the international rules-based order,

emphasizing the consequences of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, including the Autonomous

Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, in particular, the mobilization campaign that targeted

the civilian population, including the indigenous peoples, illegal deportations of Ukrainian children

and civilian hostages, the theft of Ukrainian grain, aggravation of the political persecutions resulting

from new repressive laws adopted by the occupying authorities of the Russian Federation,

emphasizing also the global consequences of the Russian aggression against Ukraine that affect

nations and people worldwide such as the undermining of food security, the destabilisation of energy

markets and prices, the risk to nuclear safety in the region and the lasting damage to the

environment,

reaffirming the non-recognition and condemning in strongest possible terms the attempted illegal

annexation by Russia of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, as well as

other temporary occupied or controlled territories of Ukraine, in particular parts of the Luhansk,

Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, which constitute a clear violation of international law

and present a direct and imminent threat to international security, bearing significant repercussions

for the global community,

continuously reaffirming the unwavering support for Ukraine's sovereignty, independence, unity, and

territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, recognizing Ukraine's inherent right

to self-defence against a war of aggression carried out by the Russian Federation, in accordance with

Article 51 of the UN Charter,

underlining that the restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity within its internationally recognized

borders, including the de-occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of

Sevastopol, and the assurance of Ukraine's state sovereignty, constitute a fundamental prerequisite

for ending the war and establishing lasting peace in the region,

reaffirming the Participants´ readiness to implement the strategic goals of the parliamentary

dimension of the International Crimea Platform, in particular promoting greater global and internal

awareness of the situation on the Crimean Peninsula under temporary occupation by the Russian

Federation,

reaffirming the Participants´ readiness to support the current efforts of the Ukrainian state to

develop the reintegration strategies and policies for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city

of Sevastopol after its de-occupation.

The Participants condemn:

- the Russian Federation's illegitimate so-called "referenda" conducted in parts of Ukraine's

Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as the sham “elections” in

these temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, as they violate Ukraine´s independence,

sovereignty and territorial integrity, and have no validity under international law; which

requires that their results be considered null and void and that any subsequent claims to

incorporate these Ukrainian regions into the Russian Federation be unequivocally rejected,

- the human rights violations and violations of the international humanitarian law committed

by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the summary executions of civilians, including

children, sexual- and gender-based violence, destruction of civilian infrastructure, such as

hospitals, schools, and homes and other, forced displacement of people, arbitrary detention

and torture of civilians, denial of access to humanitarian assistance, suppression of freedom

of speech and assembly, and persecution of religious and ethnic minorities,

- the political persecution in the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula that has been

ongoing since 2014 and that targets mostly Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars, including activists,

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