Family-Friendly Presidents Call for Support and Recognition

The Network of Family-Friendly Presidents has issued a joint New Year’s statement on the importance of families. The document was published on the website of the Sándor Palace on Monday by President Katalin Novák.

In the declaration, signed by Hungarian President Katalin Novák, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, the Network of Family-friendly Presidents sees the beginning of each year as an opportunity to “learn from the past and plan for the future, to seize the opportunities ahead with renewed optimism and hope, and to address the issues that are important to us.”

In their words:

we speak up, this time for the importance of families in today’s world.”

They noted that “we are convinced that families are the foundation of society, the source of our values, and the strength of our nations. Family provides support, guidance, and love, and shapes our character and identity.”

The presidents also called the family the best environment for raising children, who chart the path on which nations walk and shape the future of the Earth. Strong families ensure a culture of responsibility that contributes to sustainability and reduces the threats of climate change, they stressed.

They believe that families deserve protection, support, and recognition from states and societies.

Therefore, they strongly support actions that promote the well-being of families, strengthen family cohesion, provide a supportive environment for starting a family, enable women to thrive as mothers and at work, help those in need, and create a secure future for children.

They encourage their citizens to continue to cherish the family as the most important social institution and to help those in need.

Let us act for our families, and thus for our countries,” they concluded, wishing peace, prosperity, health, and a happy New Year.

Via MTI; Featured Image: Pixabay