; Whereas Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court defines crimes against humanity as acts such as murder, extermination, rape, persecution, and all other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, which are committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack; Whereas Article 53 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, prohibits committing any acts of hostility directed against the historic monuments, works of art or places of worship which constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage of peoples ; Whereas Article 15 of Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions, establishes that installations containing dangerous forces, including nuclear electrical generating stations, shall not be made the object of attack, even where these objects are military objectives, if such attack may cause the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses among the civilian population ; Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine’s sovereign territory; Whereas, on February 25, 2022, the Russian Federation threatened Sweden and Finland with military and political repercussions if they joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance committed to the collective defense of members against attacks; Whereas, on February 28, 2022, the United Nations World Food Programme launched an emergency operation to provide food assistance for people fleeing Ukraine to neighboring countries, an operation which is ongoing to this day and which has assisted between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 Ukrainians per month during each month of the war; Whereas, in late February 2022, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization began its ongoing effort to help coordinate Ukraine’s requests for assistance and to support Allies in the delivery of humanitarian aid