Zelensky postponed Children’s Day: new date of the holiday
30 May 11:14
Children’s Day in Ukraine will now be celebrated on November 20 instead of June 1. The corresponding decree was signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
The new date coincides with World Children’s Day, which is celebrated in memory of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, adopted by the UN General Assembly.
“In order to establish childhood protection as a national priority for Ukraine, to strengthen and unite the efforts of the international community aimed at protecting the rights and best interests of the child, and to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, I hereby decree: to establish a Children’s Day in Ukraine to be celebrated annually on World Children’s Day on November 20,” the decree reads.
The Decree of May 30, 1998, No. 568/98 “On Children’s Day,” which established the celebration of the holiday on June 1, has expired.
The innovation comes into force from the date of its publication.
When is Children’s Day?
International Children’s Day (June 1) is mainly celebrated by countries with a post-Soviet past or those that support the tradition established in 1949 in Moscow.
This date was common in the states of the former Soviet Union, such as Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia, as well as in some other former or current communist states (e.g., Albania, Cuba, China).
In general, Children’s Day is celebrated on June 1 in 25 countries that regained independence from the USSR or seceded from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as well as in Czechoslovakia and Ethiopia after their splits.
World Children’s Day (November 20) is a global holiday supported by the United Nations and UNICEF and is celebrated in many countries around the world, including those that have acceded to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Some countries have their own celebration dates associated with local traditions or historical events.
