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European Council of Conscripts Organisations.

Founded in Malmö, Sweden as the European Conference of Conscripts Organisations (ECCO) 1979. The name was changed to European Council of Conscripts Organisations (ECCO) in 1992, when the loose platform became an association. International non-governmental organisation working to promote the recognition of the basic human rights of young people performing compulsory military service, and to supply information about conditions for conscripts in various countries to member organisations, serving as a broadly representative platform for conscripts’ movements in Europe. In 2001 ECCO had 10 member organisations from different European countries. Had Consultative Status with the Council of Europe from 1995, and acquired candidate member status of the European Youth Forum in 1998. Secretariat was based in Utrecht (1979-1998) and Stockholm (1998-2005).