Diana Fox Carney: “Ukrainian Children Must Come Home” – Emotional UN Address
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At the United Nations in New York, Diana Fox Carney, British-Canadian economist and spouse of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, delivered a deeply emotional speech at the international event “Restoring Childhood and Humanity: Advancing Peace in Ukraine Through the Return of Ukrainian Children.” Speaking alongside world leaders and human rights advocates, she declared that Canada will never stop working for the return of abducted Ukrainian children.
Fox Carney reminded the audience that Canada has long stood with Ukraine, home to 1.4 million people of Ukrainian descent, and emphasized that “your independence will be our victory.” She described the war’s toll on children as “inhumane,” highlighting the incomprehensible suffering of thousands of families torn apart by forced deportations.
Her speech centered on the harrowing story of Ilya, a nine-year-old boy from Mariupol. After witnessing his home destroyed and his mother killed in Russian shelling, Ilya was taken by Russian soldiers to occupied Donetsk. There, doctors performed surgery on him without anesthesia, and he was subjected to indoctrination efforts, told he must no longer say “Glory to Ukraine” but instead glorify Russia.
Separated from his family and used as propaganda, Ilya’s plight only came to light when his grandmother spotted him in a Russian hospital video. Through relentless effort, she secured his return. But Fox Carney stressed, “his suffering cannot be undone.” She described him as a symbol of thousands of abducted Ukrainian children who have lost their homes, families, and childhoods to Russia’s campaign.
She condemned Putin’s systematic efforts to erase Ukrainian identity, forcing children into Russian schools, military training, and citizenship. “They are not Russians,” she declared. “They are proud Ukrainian children, children who must be reunited with their families.”
Fox Carney also praised U.S. First Lady Melania Trump for directly appealing to Putin in a letter delivered by President Donald Trump, calling it a powerful act of solidarity.
Closing her remarks, she reaffirmed that for Canada, true peace requires security guarantees for Ukraine and the safe return of every abducted child. “We will never erase their pain,” she said, “but we can bring them home. Together with our allies, Canada will never relent until this mission is complete.”
Her words added a deeply human dimension to the coalition’s political demands, turning the spotlight on the real victims of the war: Ukraine’s children.
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