Through the gracious hosting of the Royal
Thai Government's Ministry of Labour, ILO-IPEC
convened the 3rd Session of the Sub-regional
Advisory Committee of the Mekong Project
to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women
(SURAC) from 8-9 September, 2005 in Bangkok.
The theme was "Policy Mainstreaming:
The Labour and Employment Perspective in
Taking Action Against Human Trafficking."
More than 40 particpants from Governments,
Workers' and Employers' Organizations from
Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Lao PDR, Thailand
and Viet Nam discussed their countries'
present efforts to prevent human trafficking
and discussed ways the tri-partite groups
could work together in the future, as well
as in conjunction with the TICW project,
to add to the momentum of anti-trafficking
activites across the sub-region from a labour-standards
perspective, and with a special emphasis
on the needs of migrant workers to ensure
they are better protected from traffickers.
The Committee also made recommendations
for future SURAC activites.
Documentation and recommendations of the
3rd Session of SURAC:
 Information
Note on Meeting
Final
Agenda
List
of Particpants
Opening
Remarks by ILO Sub-regional Director, Ms.
Christine Evans-Klock
Keynote
Address by H.E. Somsak Thepsutin, Minister
of Labour, Thailand
Press
Release: "Prevention of Migrant Abuse
Given New Momentum" (Eng)
(Thai)
Overview
and Objectives by Ms Thetis Mangahas, CTA
Country
Presentations:
Cambodia
(speech
by H.E. Oum Mean) (powerpoint);
China Yunnan (speech
by Hu Youlan) (powerpoint);
Lao PDR (Lao
PDR situation note) (powerpoint);
Thailand (Thai
situation note - Eng - Thai)
(powerpoints: no
1, no
2,
no 3); Viet Nam (Speech
by Mr Van Minh) (powerpoint)
Country
presentation highlights/achievements
Working
Group Session 1 (guide
and questions) (summary
of outcome)
Address
by Mr. Syed Mohamud, Malaysian TUC
The
COMMIT Process: Opportunities and Challenges
(Thailand MFA) (discussion)
Areas
for Action (Employers, Workers, Civil Society)
- Discussion/presentations
Areas
for Action: Experiences (Kunming - speech,
slides
- Viet Nam - speech,
slides)
Working
Group Session 2 (guide
and questions) (summary
of outcome)
Presentation
of Key Recommendations by the Committee
Concluding
Summary
Concluding
Summary - Thai
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