Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Union Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye attends coord meeting on implementing recommendation of 10-point Trafficking in Person Report 2018

COORDINATION meeting on the 10-point recommendation of Trafficking in Person Report 2018 by the US Department of State was held yesterday afternoon in the meeting hall of the Ministry’s office in Nay Pyi Taw, and Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr. Win Myat Aye attended the meeting.
During the meeting, Union Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye said that Myanmar is striving to combat human trafficking, and which was placed back in many tiers in the human trafficking. The US Department of State has released an annual report and placed the countries onto the tiers based on the Human Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
It was of great importance to create employment opportunities for the youths and human trafficking was linked with social protection, economic development and peace process, he said. Thus it was needed to conduct vocational training schools while creating job opportunities in the country. Moreover it was seen that there could arise many possibilities of human traffickings at the relief camps in the conflict areas. Therefore effective performance can be made through the cooperation of the relevant ministries, UN organizations and CSOs. Following this, the attendees took part in the discussion in order to release the report of the implementation and on-going processes with the cooperation of relevant ministries.
MNA
Translated by Win KoKoAung
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar

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