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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Human Rights Division has been involved with Asia Pacific regional initiatives on human trafficking. In March 2002, at the 7th Asia Pacific Forum on National Human Rights Institutions, a number of South Asian and Southeast Asian countries agreed on the need for i) state ratification of the Trafficking Protocol 2000; ii) implementation; iii) enforcement; iv) victim protection; v) research of the issues surrounding trafficking and policy formulation; vi) education and vii) cooperation.¹

In March 2003 the New Zealand Government addressed the UN Commission on the Status of Women on its responsibilities to eliminate violence against women and girls. The government indicated its commitment to combating people smuggling and trafficking, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region. In July 2002 the New Zealand Government ratified the Protocol to the UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime on the Trafficking of Women and Children and the Smuggling of Migrants, and enacted legislation to ensure that people smuggling and trafficking crimes attract stiff penalties.

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1. See http://www.mfat.govt.nz/foreign/humanrights/reports/apf7threport.html

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