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The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, with a regional presence in Brazil and Singapore, is a private 501(c)(3) non-governmental, nonprofit global organization. It combats child sexual exploitation, child pornography, and child abduction. Formed in 1998, ICMEC heads a global missing children’s network of 22 countries. The organization has trained law enforcement personnel from 121 countries, works with law enforcement in over 100 countries, and has worked with legislatures in 100 countries to adopt new laws combating child pornography. ICMEC also encourages the creation of national operational centers built on a public-private partnership model, and leads global financial and industry coalitions to eradicate child sexual exploitation and child pornography. The Koons Family Institute on International Law and Policy is the International Centre’s research arm. In August 2008, ICMEC was granted "Special Consultative Status" by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), to assist the UN with its expertise regarding child sexual exploitation and child abduction. ICMEC also works with the intergovernmental organization INTERPOL, the inter-continental organization the Organization of American States (the OAS), and the Hague Conference on Private International Law. ==History== In 1998, the Board of Directors of the United States' National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) approved the creation of the International Centre; the two now act as sister organizations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; Law & Legal Definition )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Missing Children Organizations; ICMEC (International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Creation of ICMEC )〕 ICMEC combats child sexual exploitation, child pornography, and child abduction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Contact Us )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children )〕 ICMEC held its first Board of Directors meeting in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Weekends in the Hamptons, weekdays in Manhattan )〕 It was officially launched in April 1999 at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., by Hillary Rodham Clinton, then-First Lady of the United States, and Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.〔 Ernie Allen served as President & CEO of both NCMEC and ICMEC for 15 years. Allen retired from NCMEC in 2012, and in 2014 announced his retirement from ICMEC as well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Leading Child Protection Advocate Ernie Allen Announces Retirement )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Long Time CEO Retiring from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ernie Allen Biographical Information )〕 In November 2014, Ambassador Maura Harty was appointed President & CEO of ICMEC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Chief Executive Appointed For The International Centre For Missing & Exploited Children; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Maura Harty to Succeed Leading Child Protection Advocate Ernie Allen )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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