Press Release

Working meeting on countering trafficking in persons

26 November 2020

  • Working meeting on trafficking in persons and force labour was held on November 26, 2020 by UNODC Programme office in Turkmenistan jointly with USAID funded Safe Migration in Central Asia Program.

Meeting brought together the practitioners in the fields of Human Rights, countering trafficking in persons and forced labour, including Institute of State, Democracy and Law of Turkmenistan, State Migration Service of Turkmenistan and Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of population of Turkmenistan. Such matters as provision of support in translation into Turkmen language of existing UNODC toolkits to combat trafficking in persons, translation, adaptation and development of information and predeparture materials, conducting awareness raising campaigns and sessions in the field of countering trafficking in persons were discussed.

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UNODC
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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USAID
United States Agency for International Development

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