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Thai Government Signs MoUs with NGOs
On March 24, 2003 the Secretary Generals of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Public Health, the Attorney General, Commissioner General of the Royal Thai Police and representatives from 28 Non-Governmental Organizations, including the National Council on Youth and Child Development, representatives of the Thai Coordinating Body on Trafficking of Children, the Thai Network to Assist and Protect the Rights of Trafficked Women and Children, and Child Rights Projection Foundation joined together to sign three National Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) relating to the protection and assistance to women and children victims of trafficking.

Anti-Trafficking Campaign to Begin in Cambodia
The Ministry of Women's Affairs is planning to launch an anti-trafficking information campaign in five northeastern provinces in January 2006.

ASEAN Signs Declaration Against Trafficking in Persons Particularly Women and Children
Date: 29 November 2004 Venue: Vientiane, Laos PDR At the 10 th ASEAN Summit, in Vientiane, Laos PDR, heads of state of 10 countries in Southeast Asia signed a number of declarations.

UNESCO Bangkok Releases Legal Grounds for Birth Registration in Thailand
Thailand has the international legal obligation to register children after birth and provide them with a nationality.

California's Mail-Order Bride Protections Bill by Assemblywoman Sally Lieber
To address an additional form of abuse towards women, Assemblywoman Sally Lieber has authored Assembly Bill 634.

Trafficking in Persons Office, US State Dept, Releases Fact Sheet on Child Sex Tourism
Each year, over a million children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade.

Philippines' Congress to Pass Anti-Trafficking Act
The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children Act was first filed in the Ninth Congress of the Philippines and was passed on the third reading in the House of Representatives in the Eleventh Congress.

Philippines Congress Passes Anti-Trafficking Act
The Philippines Congress passed The Anti-Trafficking Act of 2003 which covers penalties for such offenses as prostitution, slavery and sexual exploitation.

Child Trafficking Study in Lao PDR1
According to the first national study on child trafficking released on 26 October 2004 by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and UNICEF, it is a problem for Lao PDR which requires urgent action.  The study, entitled 'Broken Promises, Shattered Dreams', found cases of child trafficking from each of the seventeen provinces surveyed, from the far north to the far south of the country.

Lao PDR, UNICEF Launch Awareness Campaign about Trafficking1
On 1 June 2005, the Government of Lao PDR and UNICEF launched a multi-media campaign designed to raise awareness of the risks posed by trafficking and protect those most at risk from its dangers.

Campaign Against Trafficking in Vietnam1
From 1 July 2005 to 31 August 2005, a campaign against anti-trafficking in women and children is being implemented by the General Department of Police on the border of Vietnam and China.

Human Trafficking in Vietnam
The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will continue to help the Vietnamese judicial system and law enforcement agencies improve their capacity to combat human trafficking in Viet Nam.

Trafficking of Vietnamese Women and Children on the China-Vietnam Border1
The Guangxi police released a report on 11 August 2005.

Thailand's Memorandum of Understanding with Cambodia
On May 31, 2003, Thailand and Cambodia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation to Eliminate Trafficking in Children and Women to provide a legal framework for joint efforts in dealing with the problem.

Thai Airways to Air UNODC PSAs
Thai Airways is the latest partner to join hands with UNODC in the fight against human trafficking.