,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bcf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bj1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 ,mr4 ,durbin1  
,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4 ,fetterman1 and ,mr4 
,scott of ,florida7 submitted the       
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,,resolution  ,calling for  
the return of abducted ,ukrainian       
children before finalizing any peace    
agreement to end the war against        
,ukraine4  ,whereas the ,united ,states 
,government is working to bring an end  
to ,russia's war against ,ukraine and   
restore peace in ,europe2 ,whereas1 as  
of ,april #af1 #bjbe1 ,ukrainian        
authorities have received at least      
#ai1edf confirmed reports of unlawful   
deportations and forced transfers of    
,ukrainian children to the territory of 
the ,russian ,federation1 the ,republic 
of ,belarus1 or ,russian-occupied       
,ukrainian territory2 ,whereas1 as of   

,april #af1 #bjbe1 ,ukraine and its     
partners have managed to return #a1bgd  
abducted ,ukrainian children from the   
,russian ,federation1 the ,republic of  
,belarus1 or occupied ,ukrainian        
territory2 ,whereas ,russia's abduction 
and ,russification of ,ukrainian        
children demonstrates the intent of the 
,government of the ,russian ,federation 
to erase the ,ukrainian nation and      
identity2 ,whereas the ,government of   
the ,russian ,federation has changed its
 adoption laws since the full-scale     
invasion of ,ukraine in #bjbb for the   
purpose of forcibly adopting children   
abducted from ,ukraine in order to raise
 them as ,russian citizens1 erased of   
their ,ukrainian names1 language1 and   
identity2 ,whereas1 on ,june #af1 #bjbb1
 ,russian authorities announced that    
children born in occupied ,ukrainian    
territories after the ,february #bd1    
#bjbb1 invasion will be deemed ,russian 
citizens1 in violation of ,ukrainian law
 and the ,fourth ,geneva ,convention2   

,whereas the ,department of ,state's    
#bjbd ,trafficking in ,persons ,report  
found that ,russia recruits or uses     
child soldiers as defined under the     
,child ,soldiers ,prevention ,act1 is   
documented as having a state-sponsored  
policy or pattern of human trafficking1 
and is among the worst hubs for human   
trafficking in the world2 ,whereas the  
,united ,states has sanctioned at least 
#cb individuals and three entities of   
the ,russian ,federation and its        
occupying forces and the ,republic of   
,belarus for being involved in the      
abduction and re-education of ,ukrainian
 children and human rights violations of
 ,ukrainian minors2 ,whereas ,maria     
,lvova-,belova1 ,children's ,rights     
,commissioner for the ,president of     
,russia1 admitted to abducting and      
forcibly transferring ,ukrainian        
children and facilitating forced        
adoptions to ,russian families2 ,whereas
 the unlawful deportation or transfer of
 protected people constitutes a grave   

breach of the ,geneva ,convention 7,,iv7
 relative to the ,protection of         
,civilian ,persons in ,time of ,war1    
,article #adg1 done at ,geneva ,august  
#ab1 #aidi2 ,whereas forcibly           
transferring children of one group to   
another group is a violation of ,article
 ,,ii7e7 of the ,genocide ,convention1  
of which the ,russian ,federation is a  
party2 and ,whereas hundreds of         
thousands of children still reside in   
the occupied territories of ,ukraine1   
where they face attempts at             
,russification by occupation            
authorities2 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 condemns the   
,government of the ,russian             
,federation's abduction1 forcible       
transfer1 and facilitation of the       
illegal deportation of ,ukrainian       
children2  7#b7 notes with concern that 
the invasion of ,ukraine by the ,russian
 ,federation has significantly increased
 the risks of children being exposed to 
human trafficking and exploitation1     

child labor1 sexual violence1 hunger1   
injury1 trauma1 deprivation of education
 and shelter1 and death2  7#c7 supports 
bringing the war in ,ukraine to a       
peaceful and just conclusion2 and  7#d7 
urges that all ,ukrainian children      
abducted by the ,government of the      
,russian ,federation be returned before 
finalizing any peace agreement4