The World Congress
against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents

The Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (November 2008)

• The Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents [PDF]
• Statement by Ms. Mitsuko Shino, Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division, Foreign Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, for Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the High-Level Governmental Dialogue on Theme 1: "Forms of Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Its New Scenarios" (November 26, 2008)
• Statement by Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Opening Ceremony of the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (November 25, 2008)
• Japan Template for updated information [PDF]

The Second World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (December 2001)

The Second World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (The Yokohama Congress) was held from 17th to 20th December, 2001, in Yokohama, Japan, by the Government of Japan in cooperation with UNICEF, ECPAT International and the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

• From Stockholm to Yokohama
• Outline of the Congress
• Final Appeal of Children and Young People
• Report of the General Rapporteur
• THE YOKOHAMA GLOBAL COMMITMENT 2001
• Speeches and Addresses
  • Statement by Ms. Makiko Tanaka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the Second World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (December 17, 2001)
  • Keynote Speech by Ms. Mayumi Moriyama, Minister of Justice
  • Keynote Address by Ms. Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • Keynote Address by Ms. Josephine de Linde, Chairperson of ECPAT International
  • Keynote Address by Ms. Cherry Kingsley, NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Keynote Speech of Children and Young People
• Japan's Measures
  • Japan's Action Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (April 2001)
  • Second World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (December 2001)
  • Toward the World Free from Child Prostitution and Child Pornography - Second World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Japan's Efforts (Pamphlet) [PDF]
• Press Secretary's Press Conference on the Second World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (December 11)

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