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  26/07/10

  Children’s NGOs convinced the authorities not to strengthen the residential system in Ukraine

  There will be no new internat in Kyiv region, moreover Ministries are to report about the progress made in reformation of residential system for children, these and other decisions were made at special working meeting devoted to reformation of residential care for orphans and children deprived of parental care held on 23rd of July by Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports and headed by Minister Ravil Safiullin. detail »

• 15/07/10

  Source: Guardian

  Child rights 'key to achieving millennium goals'

  Coalition of charities urges governments to put more emphasis on the rights of the child if they want to achieve the Millennium Development Goal to reduce poverty levels detail »

• 15/07/10

  EveryChild warns millennium goals to eradicate poverty by 2015 will fail unless more is done to protect children

  EveryChild has led a coalition of nine children's charities to warn that the goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2015 is unlikely to be realised unless more emphasis is given to children's rights to be loved and cared for in a family, and to be free from exploitation, abuse, neglect and violence. detail »
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  06/07/10

  EveryChild Ukraine: New Prime Minister's Implementing Order puts deinstitutionalisation of child care in Ukraine under threat

  EveryChild Ukraine is calling for support from local and international NGOs for the Appeal against the Implementing Order of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, issued on 23rd of June 2010. This Order calls for revival and further development of childcare residential institutions in Ukraine. detail »
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  29/06/10

  Ukrainian children are locked in institutions, vulnerable families are ignored -NGOs presented alternative view on children rights

  GENEVA, 14 June - the Pre-sessional Working Group of the Committee on the Rights of the Child met in Palais Wilson, Geneva to conduct preliminary review and to examine supplementary and alternative information on the promotion and protection of children's rights in Ukraine. A pre-sessional working group of the Committee convened a private meeting with UN agencies and bodies, NGOs, and other competent bodies which have submitted additional information to the Committee. detail »