International Meeting on Child Survival

International Meeting of Experts on Action in the Field of Education and Information Concerning Children in Situations of Armed Conflict

Following up the conclusions of the Miyazaki G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, the emphasis was initially on small arms and light weapons, conflict and development, illicit trade in diamonds, children in armed conflicts, and international civilian police.

The registry's mandate is to research, collect and analyse information and statistical data on missing children; to provide law enforcement agencies with a source to quickly obtain accurate information on the status of any missing child; to monitor the CPIC missing persons file to request or provide follow-up information and action on missing children investigations; to assist law enforcement agencies and other interested groups and organizations in obtaining information on missing children; to facilitate the correlation of information by publishing documents such as national bulletins on missing children; to co ...[+++]-ordinate and exchange information on prevention programs within the Canadian police community and groups searching for missing children; to co-ordinate the travel/reunification program, which provides for the return of children abducted in Canada by a parent and using routes established by our sponsoring companies; to develop unique expertise in the area of missing children, such as developing psychological profiling of pedophiles and other socially deviant individuals who may be involved in the abduction and kidnapping of children; to promote its networking and collaborative efforts with all countries, but especially those belonging to the INTERPOL network and those that are signatories to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; to contribute to international efforts to obtain support for a co-operative global response to the issues of missing, abused and exploited children; and to develop specialized training and provide educational resources for police.

If we have objectives on child poverty and yet we do badly on the average, unfortunately when we go and sit in international meetings with the Canadian flag in front of us, we're stuck with the track record of Mike Harris and Ralph Klein.

Member States to cooperate and take an active role in this field and in future international meetings at both expert and ministerial level dealing with children’s rights.