The ASEAN and the US have agreed on the need to strengthencooperation in combating human trafficking during a seminar ontrafficking in persons (TIP) held recently in Yangon , Myanmar , theASEAN Secretariat said in its press release.
Thepress release quoted Luis CdeBaca, US Ambassador-at-Large forMonitoring and Combating Trafficking in Persons as saying at the eventthat multi-lateral forums have proven themselves as credible response toTIP and ASEAN plays an important role in this regard.
He remarked that the seminar provided an opportunity to increaseunderstanding of TIP and to share different challenges across countriesas well as within ASEAN context.
Both sides sharedthe view that addressing trafficking in persons should not be limited tocertain forms of trafficking, but should address all forms of both sexand labour trafficking, whether occurring transnationally or whollywithin a country’s borders.
They agreed thatpriority areas for future cooperation might include but not limited to,providing capacity building training for judiciary and prosecutorialofficials on TIP, organising regional workshops, enhancing supports forvictims of human trafficking; facilitating enhanced partnerships betweengovernment agencies and NGOs, INGOs, CSOs; enhancing dialogue andcollaboration between the US and ASEAN member states in the preparationof the country TIP report.
Cognizant that the ASEANConvention on Trafficking in Persons (ACTIP) and Regional Plan of Action(RPA) will be finalised and adopted in 2015, ASEAN and the USlooked forward to a strengthened partnership and enhanced futurecooperation in combating trafficking in persons.
Besides bringing together national agencies responsible foranti-trafficking in persons from the ASEAN member states and the USagencies concerned, the seminar facilitated the exchange of views inresponding to trafficking in persons in individual countries. Theconvening of seminar underscored US and ASEAN’s shared concern andcommitment to combating human trafficking.
Theseminar, the first-ever ASEAN-US cooperative activity on TIP, wasorganised by the US Mission to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat, andsupported by the USAID/ PROGRESS.-VNA
Thepress release quoted Luis CdeBaca, US Ambassador-at-Large forMonitoring and Combating Trafficking in Persons as saying at the eventthat multi-lateral forums have proven themselves as credible response toTIP and ASEAN plays an important role in this regard.
He remarked that the seminar provided an opportunity to increaseunderstanding of TIP and to share different challenges across countriesas well as within ASEAN context.
Both sides sharedthe view that addressing trafficking in persons should not be limited tocertain forms of trafficking, but should address all forms of both sexand labour trafficking, whether occurring transnationally or whollywithin a country’s borders.
They agreed thatpriority areas for future cooperation might include but not limited to,providing capacity building training for judiciary and prosecutorialofficials on TIP, organising regional workshops, enhancing supports forvictims of human trafficking; facilitating enhanced partnerships betweengovernment agencies and NGOs, INGOs, CSOs; enhancing dialogue andcollaboration between the US and ASEAN member states in the preparationof the country TIP report.
Cognizant that the ASEANConvention on Trafficking in Persons (ACTIP) and Regional Plan of Action(RPA) will be finalised and adopted in 2015, ASEAN and the USlooked forward to a strengthened partnership and enhanced futurecooperation in combating trafficking in persons.
Besides bringing together national agencies responsible foranti-trafficking in persons from the ASEAN member states and the USagencies concerned, the seminar facilitated the exchange of views inresponding to trafficking in persons in individual countries. Theconvening of seminar underscored US and ASEAN’s shared concern andcommitment to combating human trafficking.
Theseminar, the first-ever ASEAN-US cooperative activity on TIP, wasorganised by the US Mission to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat, andsupported by the USAID/ PROGRESS.-VNA
