Today, the PASA adopted a draft resolution on the basis of a report prepared by Egidijus Vareikis. After that, the committee urged all member states of the Assembly to use their joint political efforts to put an end to this conflict and the suffering of the civilian population in the Crimea.

This is stated in the PACE report, published on Wednesday, December 13. The document also says that all parties to the war should release prisoners of war and people taken hostage during the war.

The text also calls on the Russian authorities to stop all financial and military support to illegal armed groups in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, ensure respect for human rights and the security of all people living in the annexed Crimea and ensure unhindered access of international organizations to the territory of the occupied Crimea.

At the same time, PACE called on Ukraine to amend the Criminal Code in accordance with the provisions of international humanitarian law. The country's authorities should review the law on humanitarian assistance to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to war-affected territories, the report said..

The message also says that PACE will discuss the draft resolution at its next plenary meeting, which will be held in Strasbourg on January 22-26, 2018.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, November 14, the third committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations approved an updated resolution on human rights in the Crimea.

71 states supported the document, 25 voted against, 77 more abstained. Among the countries that voted against the resolution - Belarus, China, North Korea, Iran, Russia, Serbia, Zimbabwe and others.