UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking discusses next phase initiative

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Dubai, 15 July 2009: The UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking held its 15^th meeting chaired by H.E. Dr Anwar Gargash, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Committee.

 

The meeting hosted at the MSFNCA premises in Dubai discussed critical initiatives to be undertaken in the next phase as well as future plans to escalate efforts to combat human trafficking.

 

His Excellency Gargash instructed the committee to escalate its efforts and present plans and efficient strategies that can professionally meet the next phase's requirements. He also sought suggestions to boost the committee's performance.

 

He said that the focus of the committee for any future action should be to eradicate human trafficking in the shortest possible time span. This can be achieved only by intensifying efforts and coordinating them among concerned institutions and ensuring a unified stand against this crime, Dr Gargash explained.

 

 

In line with this, the committee reviewed a presentation explaining the coordination mechanisms between the lodging centers for victims and concerned parties. Dr. Gargash highlighted the importance of maintaining such relations in order to attain the best results.

 

He said that coordination between all parties was crucial in developing new mechanisms to limit the spread of this crime. The committee was briefed about the visit conducted by the vice-president of the Women Parliament National Assembly at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to the UAE (please double-check this). The committee encouraged this move and noted the importance of leveraging cooperation with international organizations to highlight the UAE's achievements in fighting human trafficking by providing necessary data related to this field.

 

The committee reviewed procedures relevant to the media campaign which will be kick-started in the fall of 2009. Dr. Gargash asked for an integrated strategy about this. The meeting also discussed the special report regarding the Belarus initiative at the UN to coordinate efforts exerted to fight human trafficking activities and recommended pledging full support to this project to achieve best results on the global scale.    

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