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Consortium for Street Children Requests Input on Police Training for Child Protection
This is an opportunity to share lessons learned in relation to police training on child protection.

1st Mekong Hill Tribe Concert a Success
The entire 5 hour concert, (attended by some 5000 including several UN agencies, bilateral donor partners, and INGOs) was broadcast by radio to 14 provinces in northern Thailand as well as to southern China, northern Burma, and northern Laos.

Trafficking Bill Introduced, CA
Assemblywoman Sally Lieber will be introducing her first bill of the 2005-2006 Legislative Session on Monday, December 6th.

Japan Adopts Action Plan Against Human Trafficking
On 8 December 2004, Japan announced that it will crack down on sham marriages as part of its plan to eradicate the human trafficking of foreign women.

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.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
25 November 2004 marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Human Trafficking in Cambodia: Finding Local and Regional Solutions to a Global Problem
Date: 16-17 November 2004 Venue: Phnom Penh, Cambodia On 16-17 November 2004, the Embassies of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Thailand to the Kingdom of Cambodia jointly hosted a conference on Human Trafficking in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

U.S. Labor Dept. Awards $18.65 Million to Fight Human Trafficking
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Chairman of Human Rights Commission Appoints Special Rapporteur on Trafficking In Persons
On 1 November 2004 United Nations Commission on Human Rights Chairman Mike Smith appointed Sigma Huda of Bangladesh as Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children.

New Duties for UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking
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ARCPPT Launches Website
Asia Regional Cooperation to Prevent People Trafficking (ARCPPT) is pleased to announce the launch of its website: www.arcppt.org.

ASEAN to Establish A Regional Network to Prevent Human Trafficking
A regional focal network in the ASEAN region will be set up to prevent and combat human trafficking, according to the ASEAN Declaration against Trafficking in Persons, Particularly Women and Children.

Mekong Governments Sign Historic Agreement on Human Trafficking
On 29th October 2004, in Yangon, Burma, the COMMIT Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was officially signed by Ministerial representatives from Cambodia, P.R.

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.

U.S. Senate Approves Bill Assisting Abandoned Alien Children
On October 11, the Senate approved, by unanimous consent, a substitute amendment to a bill (S.