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What changed between the resolution motion and the resolution motion joint
From · resolution motion· 5 May 2025
on the illegal deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children by the Russian Federation
To · resolution motion joint· 7 May 2025
on the return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia
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Changed:whereasA. aswhereas ofsince February 2022,2022 overaround 19.54620 000 Ukrainian children have been illegallyforcibly deported to the Russian Federation and Belarus or retaineddetained in Russian-occupiedtemporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, with only 12931 293 returned and 624 confirmed dead, according to President Zelenskyy’s ‘Bring Kids Back UA’ initiative; whereas according to the UkrainianYale “ChildrenHumanitarian ofResearch War”Lab portal(HRL) andthe “Bringreal Kidsfigures Backare UA”probably initiative;much higher, as these transfers and deportations continue;
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Changed:C. whereas on 17 March 2023 the International Criminal Court hasICC issued arrest warrants for Russian President, Vladimir Putin,Putin and the Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova infor connectiontheir withresponsibility allegedfor the war crimescrime of unlawful deportationtransfer and transferdeportation of Ukrainian children to Russia;children;
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Removed:Strongly condemns the Russian Federation’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine and its systemic, deliberate policy of forcibly transferring Ukrainian children;
Added:1. Strongly condemns the violent actions of the Russian Federation and the complicity of Belarus in the mistreatment of Ukrainian children, including murder, forced transfer and deportation, illegal adoption, sexual abuse and exploitation, forced Russification and militarisation; stresses that these acts form part of a genocidal strategy to erase Ukrainian identity;
Removed:Deplores the systematic abduction of Ukrainian children and their forced adoption by Russian citizens; stresses that these acts form part of a genocidal strategy to erase Ukrainian identity and replenish Russia’s military ranks by raising these children to fight against their own country;
Added:2. Urges the EU to hold those responsible to account and to sanction individuals and entities implicated in these crimes;
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Removed:Decries the Russian Presidential decrees of 25 and 30 May 2022, which legalise the adoption of Ukrainian children during wartime, in violation of international law; deplores the fast-tracking of Russian citizenship for these forcibly deported children and denounces the state-sponsored incentives encouraging their adoption by Russian families as part of a deliberate policy of enforced assimilation;
Added:3. Demands that these crimes cease immediately and that Russia reports the identities and whereabouts of all deported Ukrainian children and ensures their well-being and safe and unconditional return;
Removed:Condemns the so-called “filtration” practices imposed by the Russian Federation, which subject Ukrainian civilians, including children, to inhumane treatment, invasive searches, psychological abuse, and risk of torture and sexual violence; stresses that these actions constitute serious violations of international law; calls on the Russian Federation to immediately end these practices and comply with its international obligations;
Added:4. Urges Russian federal and local authorities to grant international organisations, such as the ICRC, OHCHR and UNICEF, access to all deported Ukrainian children;
Removed:Calls on the Russian Federation to immediately cease all forced deportations, provide verifiable data on the whereabouts and well-being of all abducted children, and facilitate their unconditional return to Ukraine;
Added:5. Denounces the forced imposition of Russian citizenship on deported children and their state-sponsored adoption by Russian families as part of a deliberate policy of forced assimilation;
Removed:Urges the international community to reinforce coordination through the ICC, the ICJ, and the future Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine to hold Russian perpetrators accountable;
Added:6. Calls for the EU to closely cooperate with and support Ukrainian authorities, international and non-governmental organisations in their efforts to document all missing and deported Ukrainian children; urges the international community, including the United States, to maintain HRL’s funding and the EU to ensure its continuation;
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Changed:Insists that the repatriation and7. reunificationEmphasises ofthat theseany childrengenuine withpeace theirdeal familiesmust orinclude legalthe guardiansrepatriation mustof bethese unconditionalchildren and prioritisedaccountability infor anyforcible futuretransfers peaceand negotiations;deportations;
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Removed:Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the VP/HR, the Council, the Commission, the relevant international organisations, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, as well as of Ukraine.
Added:8. Urges the international community to hold Russia accountable by reinforcing coordination through the ICC, the ICJ, and the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine;