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| MISSING CHILDREN EUROPE INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Editing Committee: Julie Sange COMMENTS AND/OR SUBMISSIONS FOR PUBLICATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO : european.federation@childfocus.org The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the European Federation, nor are they intended to reflect the European Federation's policy.
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 Dear
Members,
We began the year 2007 with two major activities: - the meeting in Paris where we met the ICMEC Honorary Committee
of First Ladies as well as representatives of the European Commission
and of ICMEC. Regarding the first event, as Chairman of the Board of ICMEC and President of Missing Children Europe, my wish was to call a meeting of First Ladies who could help us to open the doors of political world and media. I also considered this to be an opportunity for widening our movement beyond the two partners, ICMEC and Missing Children Europe, to become a worldwide organisation. By welcoming the Honorary Committee of First Ladies and all of us at the Elysée Palace, Mrs Chirac realised my wish of gathering 500 worldwide personalities having great interest in children issues. I expressed this in a brief speech given during a closed session with the First Ladies, before the event attended by 500 people. As such, the personalities from all over the world present at the Elysée Palace were invited to attend the second part of the day, at the occasion of which each of the First Ladies gave a very personal speech. The European Commission was widely associated in that event. We can say today that the Paris meeting was a real success through the repercussion of this reunion and through the opportunity given to each First Lady to explain her own movement, as well as through the decisions taken at this session. Regarding the second event, Bodil’s family made a warm
Scandinavian reception to the Board members. Once again I want
to say a hearty thank-you to the whole family and compliment them
for the wonderful work done in preparation of the meeting and
during our presence in Denmark. Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer |
 Missing Children Europe |
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• Report on the Convention for the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse |
France - APEV |
• « Aide aux Parents d’Enfants Victimes »
(Aid to Parents of Victims Children) |
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Poland - ITAKA |
• International seminar in Warsaw held on by ITAKA. |
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United Kingdom - NMPH |
• A case showing the possibilities of our European Federation |
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| INFORMATION FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT Dear Members, Verlaine's son was born on February 8, 2007, a lovable boy of 3 kg 700 and 54,5 cm, named Alexandre.
Here in Brussels we began moving to our new offices at the end of January. This means that the General Secretariat is now a bit more independent from Child Focus. Next steps are to get our personal entrance and mailbox on the corner just after avenue Hooba de Strooper, in the rue Stiénon. In the meantime a Romanian delegation of police and NGO came from February 19 to 21 for a study visit at Child Focus. They also met with two units of Belgian Federal Police, which they required because of their working methodology in the field of missing and sexually exploited children. We pursue our activity and are proud to present you the fourth edition of the newsletter. As you all know, we have been quite busy with the implementation of the European telephone number for missing children 116 000. By now you must have read Delphine’s mail of April 5, 2007 on the “Follow up event 23 March + next steps 116 000” allowing those who couldn’t join us to be informed on the events of that day. Furthermore, the Secretariat continued to pro-actively participate in the work of the Expert Group on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, about which you are all encouraged to read the article in this newsletter. Another interesting activity has been the launch of the Member’s Call Group. This group was created upon request of the Board, and has met in a conference call twice since. The aim of this group is to share experiences with each other, and to keep the members closely informed and involved in the work of the Secretariat. And of course we are closely working with Child Focus on the celebration of next May 25. It has been five years since we started joining our forces to remind people of Europe and of the world to never forget the Missing Children. Having the Board meeting and the General Assembly scheduled next June 8,9,10 in mind, we are slowly but certainly preparing and soon ready to present you candidates for the position of President and of General Secretary. We wish you the very best, with tons of energy to continue your activities, and look forward to seeing you in June. Delphine Moralis Julie Sange
CALENDAR OF EVENTS • Ordinary Board meeting • Ordinary General Assembly meeting
OTHER INFORMATION FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT • CHILD SOLDIERS: MOBILISING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY |
