Changes from resolution motion to resolution motion joint

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ChangedwhereasA. 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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ChangedB. whereas theseinternational actionslaw constituteprohibits graveforcible breachestransfer ofto internationalan humanitarianoccupied lawterritory andor maydeportation amountfrom toan genocideoccupied underterritory Articleto IIthe territory of the UNoccupier, Conventionwhich onis a war crime under the PreventionRome Statute and Punishmentmay ofamount theto Crimegenocide ofunder Genocide;the CPPCG;

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ChangedC. 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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RemovedStrongly condemns the Russian Federation’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine and its systemic, deliberate policy of forcibly transferring Ukrainian children;

Added1. 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;

RemovedDeplores 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;

Added2. Urges the EU to hold those responsible to account and to sanction individuals and entities implicated in these crimes;

RemovedDecries 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;

Added3. 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;

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ChangedInsists 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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RemovedInstructs 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.

Added8. 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;