UN calls for intensification of fight against human trafficking
The United Nations has called on countries in the Mekong region to intensify the fight against human trafficking.
The United Nations has called on countries in the Mekong region to intensify the fight against human trafficking.
The Director of the UN’s Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region Matthew Friedman, said that more cooperation and a greater public would see an end to the problem.
At the seventh Senior Officials Meeting of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) in Bagan, in Myanmar on January 20, the UN’s chief coordinator Bishow Parajili confirmed that COMMIT is the only forum to promote responsibilities of Mekong countries over the past six years in the field, one of the greatest challenges to society.
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), in 2005, over 9.49 million people from the Asia-Pacific region were working as forced labourers, most of whom were living in the Mekong region.
Since the signing of the cooperation agreement six years ago, regional member countries, including China, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have got together to promote cooperation and introduce a legal framework to prevent and punish human trafficking crimes and people who exploit workers.
The Bagan meeting will point the way forward in the fight against human trafficking and discuss future joint activities./.
The Director of the UN’s Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region Matthew Friedman, said that more cooperation and a greater public would see an end to the problem.
At the seventh Senior Officials Meeting of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) in Bagan, in Myanmar on January 20, the UN’s chief coordinator Bishow Parajili confirmed that COMMIT is the only forum to promote responsibilities of Mekong countries over the past six years in the field, one of the greatest challenges to society.
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), in 2005, over 9.49 million people from the Asia-Pacific region were working as forced labourers, most of whom were living in the Mekong region.
Since the signing of the cooperation agreement six years ago, regional member countries, including China, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have got together to promote cooperation and introduce a legal framework to prevent and punish human trafficking crimes and people who exploit workers.
The Bagan meeting will point the way forward in the fight against human trafficking and discuss future joint activities./.
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