Translation of "Missing Persons International " (English → French) :

The registry's mandate is to research, collect and analyse information and statistical data on missing children; to provide law enforcement agencies with a source to quickly obtain accurate information on the status of any missing child; to monitor the CPIC missing persons file to request or provide follow-up information and action on missing children investigations; to assist law enforcement agencies and other interested groups and organizations in obtaining information on missing children; to facilitate the correlation of inform ...[+++]ation by publishing documents such as national bulletins on missing children; to co-ordinate and exchange information on prevention programs within the Canadian police community and groups searching for missing children; to co-ordinate the travel/reunification program, which provides for the return of children abducted in Canada by a parent and using routes established by our sponsoring companies; to develop unique expertise in the area of missing children, such as developing psychological profiling of pedophiles and other socially deviant individuals who may be involved in the abduction and kidnapping of children; to promote its networking and collaborative efforts with all countries, but especially those belonging to the INTERPOL network and those that are signatories to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; to contribute to international efforts to obtain support for a co-operative global response to the issues of missing, abused and exploited children; and to develop specialized training and provide educational resources for police.

Is also convinced that greater efforts should be devoted to addressing the question of missing persons and reparations to their families, and welcomes in this respect the work done by the International Commission on Missing Persons and the BiH Missing Persons Institute; urges the corresponding agencies at the entity level to support the work of the state-level bodies by forwarding to them all the relevant information they gather;

If there is access to international data banks such as, for instance, those of the FBI and the CIA on missing person indexes, what are the protocols that would come up with respect to that issue?

Mr. Gary Lunn (Saanich—Gulf Islands, CPC): Mr. Speaker, internal documents show that there is once again political interference by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on the establishment of a DNA missing persons index.

Emergency help to 130,000 people immediately after they have been displaced (principally food, essential non-food items), essentially through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Aid to a further 60,000 people for up to a year, to improve their living conditions and help them get back on their feet (clean water, good sanitation, adequate shelter, basic health care, psychosocial support); Protection (this includes support activities for detainees and hostages and their families and help for the families of missing persons) ...[+++]; Specific aid to children to prevent further child recruitment (14 000 children under 18 are estimated involved with armed groups); Coordination (between national and international humanitarian agencies); Aid to 70,000 Colombian refugees and asylum seekers in Ecuador and Venezuela, targeted at their most urgent needs, principally in the areas of water and sanitation, shelter, health care, food and livelihood support, psychosocial support and protection.

We are asking our law enforcement partners internationally to take steps to identify and locate the missing child or even a missing person.