Montenegro Charter for the protection and recovery of children in disasters

Abstract

The Charter was jointly developed by EPA-UNEPSA and the International Pediatric Association (IPA) through the contributions of ideas and recommendations from presidents and delegates of European National Pediatric Societies who participated in the 2nd EPA-UNEPSA Hot Topics International Meeting held in Budva, Montenegro, on June 12, 2025 in collaboration with the Association for Preventive Pediatrics of Montenegro,: Giuseppe Buonocore, former President, Italian Academy of Pediatrics; Robert Cohen, President, Conseil National Professionnel de Pédiatrie, Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire; Pietro Ferrara vice-President, Italian Society of Pediatrics; Hilary Hoey, former President, Faculty of Paediatrics, Royal College Physicians Ireland; Esin Koc, President, Turkish Neonatal Society & the Union of European Neonatal and Perinatal Societies (UENPS); Georgios Konstantinidis, President, Serbian Pediatric Association; Georgina Kuli Lito, President, Albanian Society of Pediatrics; Hajrija Maksić, President, BIH Pediatric Association; Aida Mujkić, President, Pediatric Society of Croatia; Leyla Namazova, President UPR; Tudor Pop, President, Romanian Society of Preventive Pediatrics; Beiqi Ramus, President, Kosovo Pediatric Association; Aspazija Sofijanova, President, N.Macedonia Pediatric Association; Eli Somekh, former President, Israeli Pediatric Association; Tarana Taghi-zada, President, Azerbaijan Pediatric Association & Vice president, Eurasian Federation Children's Doctors; Stephen Turner, President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK; Mehmet Vural, former President, Turkish Pediatric Association. The International Pediatric Association (IPA) and EPA-UNEPSA gratefully acknowledge their invaluable contributions.