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“Don’t You Forget About Me”: A Channel for Missing Children

The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), in collaboration with the Find Madeleine Campaign and YouTube, has launched the first global channel dedicated to finding missing children worldwide. The Internet channel, www.youtube.com/dontyouforgetaboutme, features videos of missing children to be viewed by the global public.

Videos can be submitted by parents, guardians, or other sources verified by ICMEC prior to posting. Case information must be certified by the appropriate law enforcement agency or Hague Central Authority and the parent, guardian, or other designated representative must sign an Authorization and Release Form before ICMEC can post a video on the channel. Anyone with information about a missing child featured on the channel should contact the appropriate law enforcement agency. Please note that the purpose of the channel is to locate missing children; videos will be taken down once a child has been located. Please note that ICMEC is not a case-management organization and we cannot take reports of missing children. ICMEC is offering the channel as a public resource to help locate missing children.


The channel also includes safety and educational materials in different languages as well as Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and messages of support. We encourage law enforcement, government agencies, and child advocacy organizations from around the world to submit safety and educational materials for inclusion on the channel.

Videos can be submitted in any language.


There is no guarantee that any video submitted will be posted on the channel. ICMEC will review all videos before they are posted. ICMEC reserves the right to not post a video of a missing child, safety and educational materials, and/or PSAs if all requirements have not been met.

Requirements for Videos of Missing Child

Requirements for PSAs and Safety/Educational Materials

Channel Disclaimer


ICMEC is located in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. ICMEC’s Hours of Operation are Monday through Friday (excluding U.S. holidays), 9:00am to 5:30pm ET.
Video submissions will be processed during this time only.