III World Congress Outcome Document - DRAFT 1

Summary: Inputs should be sent to the WCIII General Rapporteur.
Last date for receipt of written input is 24 November.

This document represents the first draft of the Outcome Document of the World
Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents. It is based on
inputs gathered through regional and thematic preparatory meetings that have been
organized around the world, in advance of the World Congress III to be held in Rio de
Janeiro on 25-29 November 2008.

It has gathered the extensive inputs received through the mobilization processes of the
Congress which have been ongoing from late 2007 to the present time. It is presented
below for the consideration and input all stakeholders represented in the Congress.

Regional preparatory meetings were held in six regions of the world (Latin America, North America, Europe and CIS, East Asia and Pacific, Africa, South Asia) with the involvement and participation of government, civil society, UN agencies, children and adolescents, NGOs, private sector and academia and others. In addition several technical expert meetings, focused on specialized areas of the Congress, were also held over the past year. In all instances these forums provided opportunities for a focused and in-depth analysis and discussion of the key areas of the Congress and resulted in the articulation of specific recommendations for future action. In various regional meetings children and adolescents complemented the general recommendations with their specific proposals.

In addition each of the Congress organizers commissioned expert thematic papers which will be presented to the Congress. These provide another source and foundation for analysis, planning on the action to be taken for guaranteeing the right to protection against sexual exploitation for all children. The thematic papers also provide another source of recommendations which have been consulted and integrated in this first draft of the outcome document.

As you review the document below you are requested to consider the aim of the document which is to guide future global work with clear and precise language that specifies the proposed actions as much as possible within a timeframe and in relation to the actors that will have responsibility to implement and support their realization.

Your inputs to the Draft Outcome Document are requested and welcomed.

Please formulate them in the manner indicated above and include reference to the
relevant section of the text. Substantive changes and new inputs will be given priority. We regret that general comments, observations or elaborations on existing text will not be considered in this timeframe.

Inputs should be sent to the WCIII General Rapporteur

Last date for receipt of written input is 24 November

Email to [email protected]  

Additional input to the Outcome Document will be made through the workshops, dialogues and plenary forums of the Congress. These will be integrated by a Drafting Committee.