The objectives of the Congress were to review progress in implementing the Agenda for Action, which, with its accompanying Declaration, had been adopted by the first Congress, held in Stockholm in 1996, and to strengthen measures to eradicate that scourge.
Los objetivos del Congreso son examinar los avances conseguidos en la aplicación del Programa de Acción que, con la Declaración que lo acompaña, se aprobaron en el primer Congreso, celebrado en Estocolmo en 1996, y fortalecer las medidas para erradicar esa lacra.