Child Online Protection:President of Costa Rica and ITU Secretary-General announce new action phase

摘要

A new phase of concrete activities for ITU's Child Online Protection (COP) initiative will encourage the development of national COP centres, awareness campaigns and community forums to create a safe environment for young users of the Internet. The COP Global Initiative was announced on 17 November 2010 by the Patron of COP, Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla and ITU Secretary-General, Hamadoun I. Toure at a ceremony in San Jose, Costa Rica. COP was launched in November 2008 with support from the United Nations Secretary-General who urged all States to support it. COP brings together partners from all sectors of the international community with the aim of creating a safe and secure online experience for children everywhere. In 2009, a multi-stakeholder group of COP members developed global guidelines for children, parents, governments and industry.