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tourism industry, NGOs and the media. Each of these two annual meetings, is organisedaround a specific thematic issue related to the prevention of the sexual exploitation ofchildren in tourism: for example,in 2005, the Task Force held a meeting on the role of thehospitality industry in the prevention of sexual exploitation of children in tourism. In 2004 ameeting was convened on the role of the travel media in the prevention of sexual exploitationof children in tourism, and in 2003 the meeting examined legislation and law enforcementinitiatives for prevention of sexual exploitation of children in tourism. The Task Forceprogramme has also designed and implemented an international logo campaign, “ProtectChildren from Sexual exploitation in Tourism”, to create awareness and sensitivity to theissue of child sex exploitation and for use by businesses to demonstrate their commitmentto eliminate CSEC. The Task Force’s on-line service, the “Child Prostitution in TourismWatch”, is a website which provides information on current projects and activities, partners’tourism policy documents, national and regional actions, numbers of emergency hotlines,national legislation against sexual exploitation of children in tourism, a network of focalpoints in national tourism administrations, related facts and figures and other measuresto help prevent exploitation of children in and through tourism networks. The Website ishosted by the UNWTO itself.Many international private sector “umbrella organizations” have developed charters andpassed motions at Directors’ meetings to control or regulate their membership. The UniversalFederation of Travel Agents’ Associations (UFTAA) has developed a Child and TravelAgents’ Charter and over 100 member countries have adopted it. A unique feature of this isthe follow-up mechanism that requires its members to assist organizations that restore thedignity, physical and mental health of the victims of CSEC. 260 Similarly, the InternationalFederation of Tour Operators (IFTO) has developed a Code of Operation against the SexualExploitation of Children. 261 In 2003, the Federation of Tour Operators (FTO) formed aResponsible Tourism Committee, which signed a “Statement of Commitment” to initiateresponsible tourism practices and to support and help ECPAT in developing guidelines fortour operators. 262 The Federation of International Youth Travel Organisations (FIYTO)has passed a resolution to combat child-sex tourism, 263 as has the International Federationof Women’s Travel Organizations (IFWTO). 264Travel agents and tour operators are not the only industries to hold meetings anddraft protocols related to CSEC. Immediately prior to the First World Congress, theInternational Union of Food, Agriculture, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco andAllied Workers’ Associations (IUF/UITA/IUL) adopted a “Resolution on ProstitutionTourism” 265 and following the Stockholm meeting the International Air TransportationAssociation (IATA) drafted “Resolution Condemning Commercial Sexual Exploitationof Children”. 266 The International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH&RA) adoptedPrivate Sector Accountability in Combating the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children|67