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Welcome Remarks at the Second Inter-Ministerial Meeting of the COMMIT Process by Mr. Khalid Malik, United Nations Resident Coordinator
On 14 December 2007, the United Nations Resident Coordinator spoke to the second Inter-Ministerial Meeting of the COMMIT process.

Economic Crisis Fueling Child Labor and Trafficking in Burma
The economic crisis and instability in Burma is driving waves of Burmese children into hard labor, begging and the sex trade, claims exiled Burmese rights groups.

Advocating through Mekong Youth Forum
For the 30 young people that gathered in Bangkok last week for the Mekong Youth Forum on Human Trafficking (MYF), the issues were both familiar and well worth fighting for.

National Workshop to Review Burma's Draft National Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking
From 22 to 23 March 2007, a national workshop to review Burma's draft National Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking was held in Naypyitaw.

Burma Accused of Not Caring for Its Migrant Workers in Thailand
Labour activists blame Burma for a failure in the Thai-Burmese joint effort to legalise illegal migrant workers from that country through citizenship verification.

Looking for Better Life Puts Burmese Migrants at Risk in Thailand
Saw Wah* sat in the noisy, stifling darkness and hoped the Thai police manning the checkpoints would not discover him.

ASEAN Declaration Urges Better Migrant Worker Rights
Thailand is taking steps to reform migrant worker laws and regulations but still falls short and often fails to take into account the situation faced by refugees, especially from Burma.

UNIAP Welcomes SIREN!
WHAT IS SIREN?.

Child Laborers Toil in Thai Seafood Factories
It is 7.30 in the evening and an excited chatter fills the room as 11-year-old Nampeung and her friends get their work checked before clearing their desks and heading home.

Group Works to Rescue Burmese Victims of Human Trafficking in China
An ethnic Kachin women’s group says it is seeking to rescue numerous women it believes are victims of human trafficking who left to work in China and whose whereabouts are now unknown.

EU and ASEAN Join Hands to Fight Trafficking
Foreign ministers of the European Union and the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) agreed to back the launch of talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two blocs.

Trafficking of Burmese to Thailand
International migration is likely to be with us as long as human societies continue to develop,” outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan stated in a global migration report released this year.

First China-Myanmar Border Liaison Offices Meeting on Anti-trafficking and Joint Border Visit
According to the bilateral cooperation framework agreed between China and Myanmar police and the expansion of the Border Liaison Offices (BLO) to include human trafficking, the first local cross-border meeting and joint border field visit to combat human trafficking were taken place from February 6 to 8, 2007 in Ruili, China and Muse, Myanmar.

ILO Efforts to Combat Forced Labour in Burma Unrealistic
Thai labour experts and non-governmental organisations are sceptical that a recent memorandum of understanding struck between the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Burmese junta enabling victims of forced labour to seek redress will deliver results.

US State Department Releases 2006 Human Rights Report
The US State of Department has released the 2006 Human Rights Report.