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Thailand Takes Positive Steps to Combat Human Trafficking1

Thailand's Social Development and Human Security Inspector General, Kanda Vajrabhaya, announced on 10 May 2005 that Thailand, in its move to curb human trafficking, will adopt and enforce the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act soon.

This is one of several measures Thailand has adopted to prevent and suppress trafficking, as well as to assist victims.

To-date, Thailand has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cambodia to jointly combat the problem of human trafficking, she said. MOUs with other countries are in the pipeline. Kanda said Thailand also joined other countries and organisations to combat the human trafficking problem, with various multilateral frameworks, such as the UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (UNIAP), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting on the Advancement of Women, held in Putrajaya, Malaysia from 9-11 May 2005, ended with the adoption of the Putrajaya Declaration, which acts as a compass and essential tool in empowering women of the NAM's 114 member states to face globalization.