Ukrainian Representative Elected To UN Committee On Rights Of Child

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Andrii Melnyk, stated this in a comment to Ukrinform's own correspondent in New York.

According to him, the Ukrainian candidate, an expert on children's rights, received support from 111 states.

Melnyk stressed that Ukraine won in a highly competitive race.

"Seventeen candidates from different regions of the world - recognized experts in the field of child rights protection - were vying for nine seats on the committee," the diplomat said.

He called the vote result evidence of Ukraine's strengthened position in the UN and a sign of the international community's trust in the Ukrainian state.

Melnyk also stressed the special significance of electing the Ukrainian representative amid efforts "to bring back thousands of Ukrainian children whom Russia has kidnapped and forcibly deported, illegally transferring them from the occupied territories."

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According to the permanent representative, participation in the committee's work will create additional opportunities to protect the rights of children affected by Russian aggression.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is an independent expert body that monitors states' implementation of the provisions of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

As Ukrinform reported, the United Nations documented 1,899 grave violations of children's rights in Ukraine over the past year, committed by the Russian army, and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres again added the Russian army to the "list of shame."

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