UNESCO today launched its "Innocence in Danger" website to present the work undertaken by the Organisation and by the World Citizens’ Movement to Protect Innocence in Danger, - established under UNESCO’s auspices to protect children and fight the spread of paedophilia on the Internet. The "Innocence in Danger" site will serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas for all those fighting the sexual abuse of children. The World Citizens’ Movement to Protect Innocence in Danger, an international coalition of personalities and citizens who support the work of many hundreds of non-governmental organisations and specialists, was set up so as to provide the follow-up to the Action Plan to protect children online. It was launched following a meeting of experts which took place at UNESCO in January 1999 entitled Sexual Abuse of Children, Child Pornography and Paedophilia on the Internet: an International Challenge. In the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this initiative aims to alert world opinion to the need to fight child pornography, to combat sexual abuse of children resulting from the misuse of the Internet, and the mobilisation of human, technical and financial resources to support the work of professionals and non-governmental organisations in the protection of children and to safeguard their rights in the media and on the Internet. The "Innocence in Danger" site also serves to disseminate information on the work of different action committees, as a link to non-governmental organisations specialised in child protection, a research and results-sharing tool, and as a resource for the preparation of an information kit. Its role is also to act as a catalyst intended to sensitise public opinion to the need for prevention and for the mobilisation of aid and financing. "Innocence in Danger" website        Contact:Choy Arnaldo, UNESCO, Communication Division