Ukraine and Canada held a regular meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, which already involves 35 countries. At the meeting, Ukraine presented projects that will facilitate the return and reintegration of children. Dozens of countries expressed their readiness to actively participate in the implementation of the presented projects. UNN reports on the event with reference to the Office of the President.
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Reportedly, at a meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, specific projects were presented to engage coalition member countries in the work on the return and reintegration of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
During the meeting, Ukraine presented specific projects and ways to engage countries in active work on the return of children illegally deported and forcibly displaced by Russia.
The proposed initiatives cover the following areas: identifying the whereabouts of abducted Ukrainian children, developing mechanisms for their return, participating in diplomatic negotiations, supporting children after their return and ensuring their rehabilitation, bringing perpetrators to justice, and conducting joint information campaigns.
"Today, at the coalition meeting, projects were presented that will facilitate the return and reintegration of Ukrainian children. I am pleased to welcome the readiness of the coalition members to support the implementation of the projects proposed by Ukraine in the near future," said Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.
Head of the Department for Protection of Children's Interests and Combating Domestic Violence of the Prosecutor General's Office Yulia Usenko invited the countries participating in the coalition to cooperate with Ukraine to bring to justice the criminals who planned, organized and implemented the policy of deportation of Ukrainian children.
"Ukraine seeks to adapt the best international practices in working with children, as well as to strengthen cooperation aimed at bringing perpetrators to justice for crimes of deportation and forced displacement. We also need support for systematic training of professionals who will investigate crimes against children. It is equally important to strengthen the capacity to collect evidence in the absence of access to the temporarily occupied territories, witnesses and victims, documents and other evidence," she said.
Following the second plenary meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, dozens of countries expressed their readiness to actively participate in the implementation of projects presented by Ukraine that will facilitate the return and reintegration of Ukrainian children.
On February 2, during the visit of Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly to Kyiv, the international coalition for the return of Ukrainian children was announced. On the same day, the President's Office signed a framework document for the coalition's activities.
The total number of countries participating in the coalition has increased to 35 due to the accession of two new members - Liechtenstein and Slovenia.