Presidential Elections In Ukraine

EDM number 864 in 2009-10, proposed by John Grogan on 10/02/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Eastern Europe and Election results : international.

That this House notes that Joao Soares, President of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly, has called Ukraine's presidential election a grandiose success for Ukraine and a victory for democracy; further notes the comments of Mattas Erosi, Head of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, that democratic elections in Ukraine are now a reality; congratulates the Ukrainian people on staging competitive elections and urges other neighbouring nations to follow suit; hopes and believes that a lasting legacy of the Orange Revolution will be a respect for and adherence to basic democratic procedures and practices; reiterates support for Ukraine's ambitions to become a candidate for membership of the European Union whilst underlining the need for continuing judicial, political and economic reform to achieve this; and looks forward to the summer of 2012 when London and Kiev will be the centre of the sporting world, staging respectively the Olympic Games and the European Football Championships.

This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.