Memo: Statement by Vice-Presidents Viviane Reding and Neelie Kroes on International Missing Children’s Day

To mark International Missing Children Day, give a boost to the speedy and efficient implementation of the 116 000 hotline, and to promote quality and future-proofing of the hotlines in all Member States, the Commission is organising the third Conference on "Missing Children: innovative approaches and challenges to finding missing children". The conference, organised in cooperation with the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and Missing Children Europe, will be held on 4 June in Brussels.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Rapid: SPEECH/13/503: Missing Children: Taking stock and future-proofing the hotlines http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-503_en.htm

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