You mentioned the impact of this war. As a children's ombudsman, I monitored situations with children for seven years after the first invasion. We lost, over 11 years, almost half the total population of children. We lost them. Now they live all over the globe, and more than a million children are being held hostage because of the occupation of territories. Now we have, for one child born, three people dying. It's a demographic crisis in Ukraine.
My thoughts about what should be included in peace negotiations are that a program should be implemented to identify children and families living in the temporary occupied territories and displaced to Russia, with the aim of reunification and repatriation.
Ukrainian officials should be provided with complete information identifying all Ukrainian children, citizens of Ukraine who were under 18 years of age from before 2020 to February 2022. Access should be provided to an independent hotline and to services on repatriation, humanitarian assistance and other types of assistance. If necessary, children would be given the opportunity to restore their citizenship and receive appropriate compensation for violated rights.
