The Committee on the Matters of Pensioners, Veterans and the Disabled recommends that the Parliament adopts in entirety the Bill on Amendments to several Laws of Ukraine (re Burial of the Fighters and Social Protection of their Family Members)

29 January 2008, 11:41

The Bill (Reg. No. 0900) establishes benefits for free burial of persons who fought at the territories of other countries and provides social protection of their family members.   

Inter alia, the authors of the Bill propose to extend the section of persons, subject to social protection due to the Law "On the Status of War Veterans, Guarantees of their Social Protection", namely: to include parents and minor children of the dead fighters awarded with the State decorations for fighting, into the said section. It is also envisaged to provide free burial of all the fighters.