Building a Europe for and with Children
Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly in a debate on combatting all forms of violence against children,UNICEF Director General Ann M. Veneman welcomed the fruitful co-operation between the Council of Europe and Unicef. She stressed the need for collaboration between governments, civil society, teachers, parents and children to achieve a world that respected children.
The Princess of Hanover, as president of the World Association of Children’s Friends (AMADE), described several projects in Monaco and welcomed the progress represented by the Council of Europe’s launch of its ‘’Building a Europe for and with Children'’ programme in Monaco in April 2006. She particularly drew attention to the importance of the draft convention on sexual exploitation of children, which was nearing finalisation. ‘’The Council of Europe has a fundamental role to play in this field but it cannot act alone. We are all of us spurred on by a shared ideal,'’ she said.
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