On November 22, 2018 the exhibition "Executed by Hunger" in commemoration of the 85^th anniversary of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine was held in the premises of the "Villa La Pastorale", located in the centre of international Geneva.

Leadership of the UN Office at Geneva, representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, other international organizations based in Geneva, the diplomatic corps, the public of the canton and the city of Geneva, as well as the local Ukrainian community participated in its opening ceremony.

In his address to the visitors of the exhibition Y.Klymenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine in Geneva, emphasized the importance of raising awareness in the world about the Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932-1933, the need for making persistent efforts for preventing the recurrence of such tragedies anywhere on the planet in the future, as well as for further recognition of the Holodomor as the genocide of the Ukrainian people at the international level and expressed his hope for the widespread support by the United Nations member-states of the draft Declaration on the eighty-fifth anniversary of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine during the 73^rd UN General Assembly session.

The ceremony of lighting the candle of memory for the victims of the Holodomor was held, as well as a minute of silence for the dead was observed.