16/02/2011 Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany has made a voluntary contribution of
close to 100 000 Euros to the Parliamentary Assembly to be devoted to the parliamentary dimension of the Council of Europe “One in Five” campaign to stop sexual violence against children. The main objectives of this year’s parliamentary campaign activities are to raise awareness of the issues surrounding sexual abuse and exploitation of children in Council of Europe member states and to promote relevant legislative and political action to combat these crimes and help the victims.
The funds will help the Parliamentary Assembly to actively contribute to the campaign through its network of contact parliamentarians inaugurated in January 2011 and to organise an external event on the occasion of the third meeting of contact parliamentarians in May.
The agreement was signed on 16 February 2011 by Ambassador Dieter Heumann, Permanent Representative of Germany to the Council of Europe, and by Wojciech Sawicki, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly.