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Sexual Abuse of Children, Child Pornography and Paedophilia on the Internet:an international challengeSexual Abuse of Children, Child Pornography and Paedophilia on the Internet:an international challenge - Expert Meeting, UNESCO, Paris, 18-19 January
  A window for children

It is through the window that a child makes first contact with the external world -- discovering the culture of others, forming a vision of the world, building the basis of beliefs. And then having just encountered this world, a new skylight opens.

It is the television, where zapping brings the child to every part of the world and opens new magic vistas. Sometimes it also brings the violence of fiction or of reality. Hardly does the child begin to appreciate these wonders, and still another window shakes the old habits and seeks to grab attention:Internet.

This new space for free expression keeps the child busy, alone or with others. One need only click to consult, to navigate, to communicate with someone at the other end of the world. Through this space for free expression and pleasure, the child discovers a virtual but interactive world where images flow constantly sometimes instructive, sometimes shocking.

The child has to learn to make the best use of these resources