Press Release: 25 May 2007 – International Missing Children’s Day – Commission steps up efforts to better protect children in EU

For the third consecutive year, the European Commission is supporting the International Missing Children's Day on 25 May 2007, organised by the European Federation for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children of which the main purpose is to spread a message of hope and solidarity at the international level. To strengthen its actions in favour of children and young people, the Commission adopted a Communication "Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child” on 4 July 2006 which advocated the setting up of a "European Forum for the Rights of the Child" as an instrument for promoting the effective exchange of information and good practices and establishing a network of stakeholders in this field. The first meeting of the Forum will be held on 4 June in Berlin.

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European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/07/207 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/207&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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