Date:  From Tuesday, January 25, 2005 to Tuesday, January 25, 2005

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Reporter: Organisation for the Protection of Children's Rights

Contact: Pascal Fischer
Organization for the Protection of
Children’s Rights (OPCR)
5167, Jean-Talon Street East, Suite
370, Montréal, Québec, Canada H1S
1K8
Tel: + 11 1 514 593 4303; Fax: + 11
1 514 593 4659
Email: pfischer@osde.ca
Website: www.opcr.org

Additional information

Welcome to the website of the Organization for the Protection of Children’s
Rights (O.P.C.R.). A registered charity that defends and protects the rights
of children and adolescents in difficulty and, more particularly, individuals
experiencing problems as a result of family conflicts and/or the breakup of
the family through prevention, education and early intervention. 
 
International Summit on Children, Poverty and Violence
 
The O.P.C.R. held an International Summit on Children, Poverty and
Violence on October 22 nd and 23 rd , 2004 at the Holiday Inn-Airport in
Montreal , Quebec , Canada.

Delegates representing 17 different countries from Africa, Asia, North
America, Latin America and Europe as well as 24 students from six English
Montreal School Board (EMSB) schools and 3 youths from Cuba met for two
days to assess current strategies, identify the most significant barriers to
improving the condition of children and make recommendations on how to
overcome these barriers and achieve quicker, concrete and better results
with respect to the Summit 's four main topics: Health, Education &
Literacy, Legal & Social Protection of Children/Violence and Food & Nutrition.

The objective of the International Summit was to open a creative dialogue
between professionals, leading thinkers and youth and to s timulate the
formation of innovative multidisciplinary solutions to topical problems faced
by children, with a view of establishing a sustainable child-rights' based
action plan that includes effective mechanisms for implementation and
monitoring over a five-year period.[Source: CRIN]

To download the latest information, visit:
http://www.osde.ca/english/int_summit.htm