The UN General Assembly adopted on Wednesday a resolution demanding the immediate, safe, and unconditional return of all Ukrainian children forcibly transferred or deported to the Russian Federation, reports IPN.
The resolution was adopted with 91 votes in favor, 12 against, and 57 abstentions. Russia was among the states that rejected the measure. At the same time, the UN called on Russia to immediately cease any practice of forced transfer, deportation, family or legal guardian separation, alteration of personal status – including through citizenship, adoption or placement in adoptive families – and any form of indoctrination of Ukrainian children.
Previously, Ukraine accused Russia of kidnapping at least 20,000 Ukrainian children since the beginning of the war, in February 2022. According to the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mariana Betsa, over 1,850 of these children have already been found and returned.
The vote in the UN General Assembly took place in a context where the United States – which voted in favor of the resolution – is trying to convince both Russia and Ukraine to accept its plan to end the war.
