Zelensky has postponed the Children’s Day

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree on a new date of celebration of children’s Day in Ukraine.

He will now be celebrated every year November 20 – On World Day, a child, which is celebrated on the UN initiative.

The new decree №355/2025 came into force on the date of its publication – May 30, 2025, according to the President’s website.

The preliminary decree of May 30, 1998, according to which the Day of Protection of Children in Ukraine was celebrated on June 1, was invalid.

The decision is intended to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

It should be reminded that in 1925, during the World Conference on Welfare of Children in Geneva, it was first proposed to celebrate International Children’s Day. Although the specific date was not officially assigned, some countries have chosen on June 1 to celebrate.

In November 1949 in Moscow, the International Democratic Federation of Women established June 1 as International Children’s Day. Since then, this date has become traditional in many social camps, in particular in the post -Soviet space.

At the same time, the UN defined November 20 as World Children’s Day in memory of the approval of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.