Actually, it would be a good idea to mail these people (that Gerry mentions in his blog as his "buddies") with this Associated Press article:

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM ... KWr6KEKZCQ

McCann abduction hotline idea
9 hours ago

The parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann are in the process of setting up a dedicated information hotline that will be available across Europe for when police suspect a child has been abducted.

Kate and Gerry McCann and their team are believed to have already reserved the hotline number - 116 000. It has yet to go live.

The couple are visiting Brussels as part of a campaign to bring in a dedicated alert system for abducted children.

Kate, 40, and 39-year-old Gerry, from Rothley, Leics, recently visited America to see the "Amber" alert system, which allows police officers to commandeer the airwaves and television channels in different states if they believe a child to have been abducted.

The system also allows news alerts, often including the registration number of a suspect's vehicle, to be flashed up on digital signs above the country's motorways.

The McCanns are to make a power-point presentation to MEPs at the European Parliament in Brussels, providing them with details about how the system works and the case for introducing it in Europe.

They will then launch their declaration, calling for the introduction of such a system, to the world's media at a specially arranged press conference in the Belgian capital.

The couple believe such a system could have helped find their daughter Madeleine in the crucial hours after she went missing from their apartment in the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz on May 3 last year.

A statement released by the couple said: "A written declaration is being tabled to re-enforce the political message with concrete action and it will be open for signatures at the next plenary session in Strasbourg."

The declaration has received cross-party support already. It is being sponsored by five MEPs.