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| Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qutami, UAE Minister of Education, exchanges notes with Olga Zudova, Senior Legal Adviser, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Source: Gulf News) |
27 October 2010
Gulfnews.com (Abu Dhabi) – The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) joined and supported the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) 3rd annual anti-human trafficking workshop to coordinate and develop the combat plans of Persian Gulf and source nations (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the US). The workshop focuses on developing and coordinating judicial and law enforcement efforts while enhancing prosecution skills of source and Gulf nations through information exchanges. UNODC maintains trafficking information exchanges should be constant and include NGO’s of both regions. UNODC maintains UAE’s rich economy and proximity to South East Asia and Africa make it a future target for incoming trafficking victims. UNODC maintains economically stable nations have high demand for trafficked victims.
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(Reliability: 9/10)
Comment: (Source Reliability: No issues of bias or inaccuracy in source. Information is missing with respect to the plans and information exchanged. Detail about this information (specific areas of focus such as legal infrastructure or would be useful in establishing a pattern of conferences coordinated or attended by the UN.)
Comment: The very fact that the UNODC exclusively joined this conference gives credibility to the contention that there is no grand coordinated strategy against human trafficking. The fact that this conference deals primarily with the legal aspect of anti-trafficking strategies, as well as the fact that the UNODC deals primarily with legal/law enforcement issues, reinforces the idea that agency jurisdiction priorities shape individual strategies against trafficking. In order to confirm this notion, future developments or a reevaluation of past UN conferences, activities, etc will be needed.
Comment: (Source Reliability: No issues of bias or inaccuracy in source. Information is missing with respect to the plans and information exchanged. Detail about this information (specific areas of focus such as legal infrastructure or would be useful in establishing a pattern of conferences coordinated or attended by the UN.)
Comment: The very fact that the UNODC exclusively joined this conference gives credibility to the contention that there is no grand coordinated strategy against human trafficking. The fact that this conference deals primarily with the legal aspect of anti-trafficking strategies, as well as the fact that the UNODC deals primarily with legal/law enforcement issues, reinforces the idea that agency jurisdiction priorities shape individual strategies against trafficking. In order to confirm this notion, future developments or a reevaluation of past UN conferences, activities, etc will be needed.
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