" . . . Let me now once again refer to the commemoration of one of the darkest pages in recent history.  The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.  On this day of grievances and bearing its own tragedy of thousands of Ukrainians killed by the Russian invaders, Ukraine stands together with Rwanda. And calls [to referendum] our pledge to never forget and to never allow the recurrence of Genocide which was the result of the international community's indifference.

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To those of you who for these or another reason opt today to keep being a bystander - to abstain, let me quote Elie Wiesel addressing President Clinton in 1999 talking about The Perils of Indifference:

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"Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end. And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten. The political prisoner in his cell, the hungry children, the homeless refugees -- not to respond to their plight, not to relieve their solitude by offering them a spark of hope is to exile them from human memory. And in denying their humanity, we betray our own."

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The genocide in Rwanda was largely due to the indifference of the World's community when the U.N. did not respond to warnings in the U.N. Security Council and in General Assembly a year before the tragedy which we commemorate exactly on this day - on the 7th of April.  Today in the case of Ukraine, it's not even a year - because the tragedy is unfolding right now before our eyes.  In a couple of minutes, you will have a chance to prove that you are not an indifferent bystander.  All you need to do is to press the "Yes" button, and to save the Human Rights Council and many lives around the World and in Ukraine.

On the other hand, pressing "No" means pulling a trigger and means a red dot on the screen. Red is the blood of the innocent lives lost.  And this image of the red bloody dots on this screen will stay with you and all of us as long as memory does not fail us. Think about it.  Thank you."