From May 1 to 7, the Helsinki Commission visited Germany, Poland, and Ukraine to assess the current situation in Europe. The delegation met with high-ranking government officials and civil society actors regarding the ongoing military and humanitarian responses to the Russian invasion.
Commissioner Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) joined Chairman Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) as well as Ambassador Michael Carpenter.
“The Helsinki Commission played an important role as an oversight body of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), which hosted the signing of the Budapest memorandum of 1994 compelling Ukraine to relinquish its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from the U.S., U.K. and Russia,” Spartz said. “As we can see now, the international organizations and security framework established after WWII have failed. We have to have a serious conversation on how to reform the global security framework and bring peace back to the European continent once again.”
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