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NY City Community Response to Trafficking Launches New Web site
The New York City Community Response to Trafficking (CRT) is a trafficking awareness project aimed at developing a collaborative response to the problem of human trafficking by community based organizations and criminal justice agencies, including local police and prosecutors and federal agents and prosecutors, in New York City.

ECPAT International Launches Child Sex Tourism Awareness in Asia
ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) has been launching activities which it hopes will target child sex tourists in Asia.

United States Department of Health and Human Services Announces Anti-Trafficking Hotline
On March 11, 2004, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G.

National Conference on Human Trafficking, Dallas, TX
The Second Annual Trafficking in Persons Conference on Modern Day Slavery: Global, National and Local Perspectives for Prevention, Protection and Prosecution will be held at the Adams Mark Hotel in Dallas Texas from 3-5 March 2004.

UNDP Launches Anti-Trafficking Trainers Manuals
In February, the Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior launched an initiative in Bucharest with UNDP and the U.S.

World Vision Launches Sex Tourism Prevention Program
At the start of March 2004, World Vision launched a Child Sex Tourism Prevention Program in Cambodia, Costa Rica, Thailand and the United States.

ESCAP & IOM Launch Resource Guide for Asia
A new legal resource guide “Combating Human Trafficking in Asia: A Resource Guide to International and Regional Legal Instruments, Political Commitments and Recommendations" has been produced by ESCAP in collaboration with IOM.  Please visit the following site for a copy of the report: http://www.unescap.org/esid/gad/04widresources/05pubreport/index.htm The report is available for download as 2 PDF documents: Pages 1- 170 of the report (611 Kb PDF file) Pages 171-282 of the report (421 Kb PDF file)) Ms.

Media campaign to highlight HIV/AIDS issues in Cambodia
A two-year mass-media campaign including television dramas and radio shows will be launched in Cambodia in May to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS and health issues.

Successful Case of Assisting Women and Girl Victims of Trafficking
Press Release* The Ministry of Women’s and Veterans’ Affairs (MoWVA), Cambodian Women Crisis Center (CWCC), Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM) and United Nations Project on Human Trafficking in the Mekong Sub-Region (UNIAP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will held a press conference at 3:00 p.m.

Oxfam GB Regional Fund to Support Pilot Initiatives in a Gender-Aware Anti-Trafficking Programme
Rationale In recent years, the number of anti-trafficking responses has grown in the East Asia region and particularly in the Mekong sub-region.

US-ASEAN Dialogue 29-30 January 2004
The ASEAN-US dialogue relationship began in 1977.

US Ambassador to Philippines visits Trafficking Halfway House
US Ambassador to the Philippines Francis Ricciardone visited the Bahay Silangan sa Daungan (Port Halfway House) at the Manila Harbor last December 9, 2003.

ARCPPT Cambodia Issues Gender - Criminal Justice System Report
The Asia Regional Cooperation to Prevent People Trafficking (ARCPPT), an AusAID supported project implemented in collaboration with the Governments of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Burma, and Thailand, seeks to strengthen the criminal justice process relating to trafficking in persons.

Australian Government Announces Major Package to Combat People Trafficking
On October 13, 2003, the Australian Government showed its commitment to combating trafficking in people by allocating more than AU$20 million over four years for a major package of measures to combat this growing form of transnational organized crime.

South Korea hosts Expert Group Meeting on Prevention of Trafficking
On September 22 and 23, 2003, the Expert Group meeting on “Prevention of International Trafficking and Promotion of Public Awareness Campaign” was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea.