Global onitoring Report on the status of action against commercial sexual exploitation of children MAURITANIA This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, Groupe Développement and ECPAT Luxembourg. [...] The support received from SIDA, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France does not constitute endorsement of the opinions expressed. [...] It also seeks to contribute to other international mechanisms that exist to protect children’s rights; the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography so as to strengthen the implementation and action against commercial sexual exploitation of children at all levels. [...] NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION (NPA) The Ministry of Health and Social Services, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the NGO ANAIF-PIE (the ECPAT group in the country), developed the Plan of Action against the Sexual Exploitation of Children. [...] The Arab-African Forum against the Sexual Exploitation of Children was held in 2004 in Morocco, as a follow up to the Yokohama Congress.22 It was hosted by the Government of Morocco, with support from UNICEF, ILO/IPEC, ECPAT International and the NGO Group on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.23 Furthermore, a Regional Consultation for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on the UN Stud.
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