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Press Releases and recent milestones

PACT is delighted by the recent news from the Home Office that it has announced a new strategy on missing children. This marks a major step forward in the protection of missing and abducted children and is a culmination of the campaigning that we have done for many years.

Please see below for more announcements and milestones that we have been campaigning on since creating PACT.

Date

Press Release

25/05/2011

PACT Press Release:
A Major Step Forward in Child Protection

Read the full release here (PDF)

Read the full release here (text)

Synopsis:

PACT has been campaigning for nearly a decade to bring about the key changes outlined in today's statement by James Brokenshire MP, the Minister for Crime and Security.  

25/5/2011

Home Office Press Release:
UK's Child Protection Centre to Lead National Response on Missing Children

Read the full release here (PDF)

Synopsis:

A new dedicated team of experts from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre will strengthen and lead the UK's ability to respond to missing children, Home Office Minister James Brokenshire announced today.

27/1/2011

 

 

 

 

Jim Gamble joins PACT's board

Read the full release here (PDF)

Synopsis:

Parents and Abducted Children Together (PACT) are pleased to announce the election to its board of Mr. Jim Gamble QPM, who was until recently Chief Executive Officer of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Agency (CEOP).

November 2010

 

 

 

 

Charity ride for PACT

Find out more about our Charity Bike Ride

Synopsis:

Phil Lewis, Alwyn Morris, Trevor Hay, Wayne Thickett, Stuart Cable and Nigel Fenlon completed the gruelling Welsh Cycle Challenge. They took 5 days to cycle the coastline of Wales travelling distances of over 50 miles a day. PACT was very proud to be their nominated charity for this event.

25/5/2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrities get creative for charity auction

Read the full release here (PDF)

Find out more about the Celebrities get creative for charity auction

Synopsis:

From legendary movie icons Sir Roger Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Pattinson and Ralph Fiennes to TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, writer Ian Rankin and legendary cartoonist Ronald Searle, famous faces from all over the world are supporting missing children’s charity PACT (Parents & Abducted Children Together) in their fight against child abduction.

18/5/2010

 

 

 

 

Forget Me Not Campaign

Read the full release here (PDF)

Synopsis:

PACT has won fresh support from UK supermarket Tesco which will be selling
forget-me-not ribbons, badges and wristbands to raise funds and awareness, as well
as continuing to display posters of missing children and linking its website to the
Missingkids website
PACT won fresh support from UK supermarket Tesco, who will be selling forget-me-not ribbons, badges and wristbands to raise funds and awareness, as well as continuing to display posters of missing children and linking its website to the Missingkids website.

04/11/2009

 

 

 

PACT backs “A Minute for Madeleine”

Synopsis:

The international children’s charity PACT (Parents and AbductedChildren Together) announced its full support for a newinitiative from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre(CEOP) to find Madeleine McCann.

March 2008

 

 

 

 

New Partnerships with EMCOR

Read more (PDF)

Synopsis:

Launched last autumn, the EMCOR.Taking KidSafety to the Street™ initiative was developed in close collaboration with the UK Police National Missing Persons Bureau (PNMPB) and leading children’s charity PACT (Parents and AbductedChildren Together).

October 2007

 

 

 

PACT’s evidence before Parliamentary hearing

Read the full release here (PDF)

Synopsis:

PACT calls for action by governments on safeguarding runaway and missing children.

24/8/2007

 

 

 

 

McCanns support charities’ call on Home Office to improve Information on child abduction

Read the full release here (PDF)

Synopsis:

Kate and Gerry McCann have joined PACT in calling on the Home Office to improve the quality of information on abducted children.

November 2006

 

Conclusions of fifth meeting of Special Commission, Hague Convention on child abduction

Read the full text here (PDF)

May 2005

 

 

 

 

PACT launches its report on the number of children missing in the UK

Download a copy of the report (PDF)

Synopsis:

Every Five Minutes, published in October 2005, examined available sources to establish how many children go missing in the UK every year.

March 2005

 

Parliamentary Ombudsman’s decision on Lady Meyer’s complaint

Download a copy of the report (PDF)

22/01/2003

 

Debate in the House of Commons on Parents Responsibility

Read the full minutes here

28/11/2002

EU Commission adopts the Brussels II (bis) Regulation

03/05/2002

EU Commission proposal on Recognition of orders

22/01/2002

 

Adjournment Debate, Keith Vaz, MP

Read the debate here (PDF)

29/03/2000

Belgian Senate Hearing (Catherine Meyer’s testimony)

March - May 2000

 

 

US Resolutions

US Senate Resolution 98 - Urging compliance with the Hague Convention

US Congress Resolution 293 - Calling on countries to honour their obligations under the Hague Convention

27/10/1999

US Senate Hearing (Catherine Meyer’s testimony)

14/10/1999

Hearing before International Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives (Catherine Meyer’s testimony)


Questions for oral and written answers in the UK Parliament

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