Speech at Ceremony Awarding the Order of Parental Honour to Parents of Large Families.
June 1, 2009
The Kremlin, Moscow
Выступление на церемонии вручения ордена «Родительская слава» многодетным родителям.
1 июня 2009 года
Москва, Кремль
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Good afternoon, dear friends,
It is a sincere pleasure to welcome you and congratulate you on being decorated as the best parents in our country. You have founded happy and friendly large families, each unique in its way. I want to thank you all. You have spent a long time now raising your own and adopted children, and giving them attention and a mothers and fathers love and care.Todays ceremony coincides with International Childrens Day. The main aim of this date is clear to remind us of the obvious fact that children need care and attention, and protection of their lawful rights and interests. Our countrys authorities and our society in general need to create all the conditions for our childrens happy and healthy development.In accordance with our laws and Constitution, children are guaranteed the states protection. Over these last years, we have taken certain steps to protect children, support motherhood and ensure our childrens health and safety. These steps are reflected in laws that have been passed. But most important of all, I hope that they have made an imprint in public awareness.To speak frankly, there are more than enough cases of indifferent and sometimes downright cruel treatment of children in our country. It is the states duty to protect children in such circumstances. We need to do everything possible for their real protection, and we need to take effective measures against those who break the laws. A whole series of legal provisions were drafted and passed in this area, and we will continue to work firmly and consistently in this direction.I will say a few words about these legal provisions, because I think this is important on this day, International Childrens Day. We have passed amendments to the federal law on the basic guarantees of childrens rights. These amendments were passed this year. The amendments in question protect children from information that could cause harm to their health and to their spiritual and moral development. A number of special rules and provisions were set. Rules were also set regarding minors being outside their homes at night. Under the new rules, minors are not allowed to be out at night unaccompanied by adults, by their parents. Ordinary people asked me to include such a provision in the amendments, and we agreed to this request. Of course it is important to be reasonable about the way this provision is enforced. But the fact of the matter is that it is now on the statutes, and regions that have not yet put it on the statutes at regional level will have to do so now.
We are implementing social support measures for families. These measures have helped to bring about a recent increase in the birth rate. Of course, there is still plenty of room for growth, but the increase is decent nonetheless. The birth rate rose the year before last, and again last year, and there were almost 4 percent more births over the first quarter of this year than during the same period last year.I particularly want to stress that, despite the current financial difficulties the authorities will unfailingly carry out indexation and payment of benefits and fulfil all of their other social support commitments.
Furthermore, not so long ago, despite the current hardships, we decided to move to the start of this year the entry into force of the provisions stipulating that the maternity capital can be put towards mortgage loan programmes and resolving housing needs, and that it can be received in the form of a one-off payment.But we realise that protection of children cannot be reduced to material support measures alone. The state cannot resolve all problems affecting families - such is the nature of life. There are also moral problems to take into account. No material measures, no financial support can ever be a substitute for parental love and care. We need to strive towards ensuring normal and humane treatment of children and making complete and large families the development reference for the whole of our society, for the whole country. In this, we need to look above all to families such as yours, because you provide us with outstanding examples to follow.Dear friends, you are preparing your children for full participation in adult life, teaching them to work and create, to respect their country and their elders, and laying the foundations for their future achievements. I am sure that through your efforts they will grow up to become independent, active and strong citizens of our great country. It is this that constitutes your parental honour.
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