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Project Childhood launched in Lao PDRing

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:15:05 GMT

An initiative to combat the sexual exploitation of children in the travel and tourism sectors of the Greater Mekong sub-region was presented in Lao PDR. Project Childhood is a $7.5 million Australian AID (AusAID)-funded initiative focusing on Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam.

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts to tackle child trafficking

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:22:30 GMT

Strengthening regional co-operation and dialogue for an effective response to human and child trafficking is the aim of an OSCE-supported regional workshop that started in Skopje last week. The project, organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the French Government, aims at identifying and reinforcing the most efficient mechanisms and practices for preventing, identifying, referring and protecting child victims.

ICAT in the UN.GIFT.HUB

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:41:12 GMT

From January 2012, the UN.GIFT.HUB will be hosting information from the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT). The HUB will be posting ICAT news updates, publications and events and it now features a permanent section with more information about this multi-agency coordination mechanism.

UN.GIFT Steering Committee endorses new strategy

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:46:56 GMT

The six organizations that form the Steering Committee of UN.GIFT have adopted a new Strategic Plan for the period 2012-2014 that will pave the way for future joint, innovative action against human trafficking.

OSCE publishes recommendations on trafficking to UK

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:04:08 GMT

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an increase in cross-border cooperation among Central African States to deal with new threats in the region, which include piracy, human trafficking and the proliferation of light weapons along major roadways linking countries.