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OSCE Office in Tajikistan hosts first open plenary session of government interagency committee to combat trafficking

31 March 2011
The Government of Tajikistan's Interagency Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, representing 30 state bodies, held its first-ever open plenary session at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 31 March 2011. (OSCE/Barbara Davis ) Photo details

DUSHANBE, 31 March 2011 – Tajikistan's Interagency Commission on Combating Human Trafficking discussed how the government, international organizations and civil society can work together to implement the newly-adopted National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking during its first-ever official open plenary session, held today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. 

Thirty government bodies, represented by Deputy Ministers and Heads of Executive Departments, examined how co-operation within government can address complex challenges related to legal reform, law enforcement, education, border management, protection of children, seasonal labour and support to trafficking victims.

"Human trafficking poses a transnational threat that must be addressed within a comprehensive security framework. Tajikistan's model of co-operation among so many government bodies, civil society organizations and international actors demonstrates how to address human trafficking in a comprehensive way," said Ambassador Ivar Vikki, Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan.

The OSCE Office will continue supporting protection and prevention efforts, as well as development of the National Referral Mechanism, he added.

The Head of the Interagency Commission on Combating Human Trafficking, Abdusattor Rajabov, who chaired the meeting, said the development and adoption of the National Action Plan reflected "great political will in the process of combating human trafficking in Tajikistan."

Among those attending the plenary session were the Deputy Ministers of Justice, Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Labour and Social Protection, Health, Economic Development and Trade, Education and Culture;  Heads of Executive Departments from the Office of the President, Supreme Court, Prosecutor General’s Office; State Committee on National Security; and Tajikistan's regional authorities. Representatives of civil society, international organizations and diplomatic missions also took part.