The eighth Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM-8) and the third
Inter-Ministerial Meeting (IMM-3) of the Mekong sub-regional countries
on fighting human trafficking will take place in Hanoi on Feb. 14-15
and Feb. 16, respectively.
SOM-8 will focus on
reviewing and evaluating the Mekong sub-region’s cooperation on human
trafficking prevention in the 2008- 2010 period and discussing plans for
the 2012- 2013 term, as well as selecting prioritised activities for
2012.
The meeting will also discuss
issues relating to increasing dialogues with other forums and the
stability of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against
Trafficking (COMMIT) after 2013, along with evaluating the results of
the 3 rd Youth Forum of member countries on fighting human trafficking.
IMM-3 participants will review the
results of a plan to counter human trafficking in 2008- 2010 period,
and approve the action plan for the next period of 2011- 2013.
A joint statement on anti-human trafficking will be signed during the meeting.
The Mekong Sub-region includes six member countries including Vietnam
, Laos , Cambodia , China , Myanmar and Thailand . The group
signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in anti-human
trafficking in 2004./.
