"Recognizing and affirming the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, the close relationship the basic principles of international law enshrined in the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, on the basis of Article 5 of the Constitution of Ukraine: the bearer of sovereignty and the only source of power in Ukraine nations based on the voluntary will of the population in a referendum held in Donetsk and Lugansk regions May 11, 2014, during which it was decided to proclaim the state sovereignty of the People's Republic of Donetsk and Lugansk people's Republic, the United States should pledge to recognize the sovereignty of Donetsk People's Republic and the People's Republic of Lugansk. "



