1 Considers that, as an element
in the whole enterprise of the building of Europe, co-ordinating action
must be taken to produce a solution for the social problems of youth
and childhood and specifically those presented by the professional
training of youth, the organisation of international exchanges between
young people, the question of stateless children, child welfare,
juvenile delinquency and the securing of moral safeguards applicable
to children's papers and the cinema;
2 Pays tribute to the work carried out, with these ends
in view, and the results already achieved, by the big private organisations;
expresses its satisfaction at the endeavours of the European Youth
and Childhood Research Bureau to seek concrete solutions for the
problems encountered in these different spheres ;
3 Instructs the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
to keep in touch with the big official and private organisations,
and especially to follow the work of the European Youth and Childhood
Research Bureau in the matter of the professional training of youth,
and the organisation of international exchanges between young people;
instructs the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Social Questions
on the result of these investigations;
4 Calls upon the Governments of the Member States of the
Council of Europe to support all efforts to bring about co-ordination
among the various European bodies concerned with the problems of
youth and childhood, and in particular to take all such administrative
and financial steps as may be appropriate for the encouragement
of wider exchanges among young people.
