A declaration on the children of Ukraine was singed on Friday in Paris by the competent EU Ministers who condemned the unprovoked and unjustified military attack of Russia .
Cyprus’ Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Anastasia Anthousis, signed the Declaration. An announcement says that the European Ministers stressed the need to safeguard the protection of civilians, including children, by prioritizing compliance with UN Conventions and Resolutions, with a focus on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Children in Ukraine face the fear and loss of war, and are deprived of their basic rights to housing, health care, education, food and security, the Declaration says.
EU Member States pledge to provide immediate and specific assistance to children and their families, with particular attention to unaccompanied minors, who are among the affected populations in the territory of Ukraine or in neighboring countries.
The Declaration also takes into account the long-term consequences that the state of war will have for children. To address these consequences, measures and mechanisms will be launched to ensure, with adequate funding, that children have access to their basic and fundamental rights, such as education, access to health care and psychological care services.
Source: Cyprus News Agency