Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

(asked on 3rd March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that children are central to his Department's Ukraine response.


Answered by
Leo Docherty Portrait
Leo Docherty
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 13th March 2023

The UK prioritises protection of the most vulnerable and hard to reach, including children, in its humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. Our £15 million contribution to UNICEF's appeal for Ukraine helps provide education to over 850,000 children, and access to essential services. We use regularly multilateral fora to highlight child protection issues in the context of Russia's invasion, and led a joint statement on Ukrainian children in November to mark World Children's Day. On 16 June 2022, we sanctioned Russian Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova for her alleged involvement in the forced transfer and adoption of Ukrainian children.

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