|  | Gargash renews UAE's commitment to combat human traffickingApr 22, 2009 - 08:06 - Abu Dhabi, 22 April 2009 (WAM) - The UAE is committed to fighting trafficking in persons, specially women and children, said Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT).
In a presentation made today during a seminar on "protection of human trafficking victims", Gargash said the UAE is responsible and committed member of the international community that seeks to assume a pioneering role in the global efforts to stamp out the practice both at the domestic and international levels.
The seminar aims at sharing expertise and knowledge with global partners to fight human trafficking.
"The UAE ratified in 2000 the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, as well as the UN protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, otherwise known as Palermo Protocol 2008," Gargash said.
"The UAE is not ashamed to admit that the problem of trafficking afflicts this country as it does many other countries. The first report on human trafficking released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - UNODC - concluded that no country is immune against that phenomenon. In fact, there are 127 countries considered as exporters of human trafficking victims, while 137 countries were cited as destinations for the victims." He said the Cabinet instructed in 2007 the establishment of the (NCCHT) to support implementation of the federal law no. 51 and to coordinate the combating processes in the seven emirates.
The committee, headed by Gargash, also has members from the ministries of foreign affairs, interior, labour, social affairs, and health. It also comprises members from the national security authority, Red Crescent authority, federal prosecution office, and prosecutor offices of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
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