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Report of the Inter-American Children’s Institute to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States on resolution AG/RES. 2486 (XXXIX-O/09)

“Prevention and Eradication of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Smuggling of and Trafficking in Children and Adolescents”

January – December 2009

Resolutions:

•General Assambly AG/RES. 2486 from 2009

•AG/RES.2432 from 2008.

•IIN’s Directing Council CD/RES. 10 , adopeted in the 82nd Regular Meeting in July

2007 held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia were the “Inter-American Program for the

Prevention and Eradication of Child Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Illegal

Trafficking” was stablisehd.

Mandates

Update on the Inter American Observatory on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of

Children (An Atlas of Children).

•600 documents in English and Spanish.

•Update of the 34 country profiles.

•Virtual newsletter.

Achievments

Achievments

Member States

Adviced:

•Panama

•Ecuador

•Chile

•Uruguay

•Colombia

•Guatemala

•El Salvador

•Argentina

•Venezuela

Report to the Secretary General.•Containing the efforts on the legislative adequacyl to the international standars, as well as the elaboration and practice of public policies following the international recomendations on the matter.

At – distance course on children commercial sexual exploitation.•Government and non government operators related to the approach of ESCNNA in their countries, including human trafficking.•Identification of good practices and lessons learned in the participating States: Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic y Uruguay.

Achievments

Participation on:•Second Meeting of National Authorities on Human Trafficking, organized by the Argentin Republic and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in the framework of the Committee of Hemispherical Security of the Permanent Council of the OAS.

• “Child labor, reality and mediation from a rights perspective” Seminar.

•XVI Meeting of Higher Authorities in Human Rights and Chancileries of MERCOSUR, during which the “Regional Plan for Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor in MERCOSUR “ was elaborated.

•1st and 2nd National Meeting “Building Bridges”, held on Montevideo, Uruguay.

Advance on the regional knowledge of the problematic.

Major difussion of the intervention measures.

Prevention measures with rights approach.

Conclution

¡MUCHAS GRACIAS!