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    PRESS RELEASE
    Council of Europe Press Division
    Ref: 540a06
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    Council of Europe empowers children to deal with both positive and
    negative sides of the Internet and other new technologies

    Strasbourg, 29.09.2006 - The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers
    has called on member states to make information technology an integral
    part of school education from an early age, to help children maximise
    benefits and avoid pitfalls of the Internet and other new technologies.

    The 46-member Council of Europe is taking a positive approach to deal
    with harmful content on the Web, partly in response to the dangers posed
    by the Internet.

    Measures approved in a new Committee of Ministers' Recommendation
    <http://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp? Ref=3DRec(2006)12&Sector=3DsecCM&Language= 3Dla
    nEnglish&Ver=3Doriginal&BackColorInte rnet=3D9999CC&BackColorIntranet=3DFFBB55&
    BackColorLogged=3DFFAC75> include giving children the skills to
    create,
    produce and distribute content in new technologies, respecting the
    rights and freedoms of others while also promoting their own right to
    freedom of expression.

    The recommendation calls for member states to ensure that these skills
    enable children to better understand and deal with questionable content,
    including violence, pornography, discrimination and racism.

    In addition, the forthcoming Council of Europe Pan-European Forum in
    Yerevan, Armenia, on 5 and 6 October 2006 will bring together
    representatives of Council of Europe member states, civil society, the
    private sector, academia and the media, and other interested
    organisations.

    "Empowering children to use the Internet is the best filter," said Maud
    de Boer-Buquicchio, Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General, several
    days ahead of the forum.

    The forum will stress that filtering and labelling Internet content is
    not enough to ensure that children and young people can surf the web
    safely - in the exercise of their rights and freedoms, including the
    freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and
    ideas.

    Children and young people need to be, and to feel, empowered when using
    the Internet, so they can competently use its tools and services and
    critically analyse Internet content and communications. By equipping
    them and their educators with appropriate skills and knowledge, they
    will be able to exercise their rights and freedoms fully and
    responsibly, to improve their development and well-being online.

    On the web: http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/media.


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    A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to
    promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops
    common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 46
    member states.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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