Declaration of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions regarding Russian War against Ukraine

The December 5, 1994, Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances provides security assurances by its signatories relating to the accession of Ukraine (and Belarus, and Kazakhstan) to the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The memorandum was signed by three nuclear powers: the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States. China and France expressed their support in separate documents. In exchange for nuclear disarmament, Ukraine (and Belarus, and Kazakhstan) were guaranteed military and economic non-aggression by the five nuclear states, and security and sovereignty within existing borders.

The World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (WFNMC) condemns unprovoked and unlawful war that Russian Federation has been waging against Ukraine since February 24, 2022.

WFNMC supports Ukraine's right to exist, its independence and sovereignty within its 1994 borders.

Both Ukraine and Russia have contributed greatly to the development of mathematics competitions not only in their own countries but internationally. We express our solidarity with the Ukrainian mathematicians and mathematics educators and support the colleagues from Russia who are against the war and seek to live and work in peace.

31 May 2022