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| Arab Delegates at Fifth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Conference on October 21, 2010. (Source: UNODC) |
Kuwait News Agency (Vienna) – Several Arab states plan to discuss Middle East plans to combat human trafficking and assist its victims in the region at the UN’s organized crime conference. Aside from discussing enforcement of the UN protocol against human trafficking at the regional and global level, the Arab states plan to hear a report on the financial support given to the Doha Arab Initiative by Qatar and Norway next Thursday. At the conference, the Arab states will discuss implementation of the latest scientific and administrative methods used in victim support. The Arab states also plan to create a dialogue with experts in order to raise regional awareness.
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(Reliability: 7/10)
Comment: (Source Reliability: No issue of bias or inaccuracy apparent in this source. The largest problem with source resides in the vagueness of implementation. No reference is made as to the level of implementation the Arab states would take to combat trafficking.)
Comment: This Arab conference is the first event which reinforces the incorporation analysis made during the Lillie Conference. The statement made by representatives that recommendations and information exchanges will be incorporated into national policy reinforces the earlier conclusion that UN conferences are affective at altering the direction of anti-trafficking efforts. Unfortunately, the vagueness in the incorporation statement, specifically with respect to the level of incorporation, leaves one unanswered question: What level of incorporation will occur at the individual national level? Due to the fact that nations are limited by policy priorities and resources, conference nations may not be able to achieve a uniform level of incorporation (this may be a potential reason for a lack of stated procedures of incorporation during conferences). Subsequently, one must track the actions of individual participants in order to track the level of effectiveness of UN conferences at the individual level.
Comment: (Source Reliability: No issue of bias or inaccuracy apparent in this source. The largest problem with source resides in the vagueness of implementation. No reference is made as to the level of implementation the Arab states would take to combat trafficking.)
Comment: This Arab conference is the first event which reinforces the incorporation analysis made during the Lillie Conference. The statement made by representatives that recommendations and information exchanges will be incorporated into national policy reinforces the earlier conclusion that UN conferences are affective at altering the direction of anti-trafficking efforts. Unfortunately, the vagueness in the incorporation statement, specifically with respect to the level of incorporation, leaves one unanswered question: What level of incorporation will occur at the individual national level? Due to the fact that nations are limited by policy priorities and resources, conference nations may not be able to achieve a uniform level of incorporation (this may be a potential reason for a lack of stated procedures of incorporation during conferences). Subsequently, one must track the actions of individual participants in order to track the level of effectiveness of UN conferences at the individual level.
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