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120 Members and 89 observers including 19 States and 70 global and regional IGOs and NGOs
Geneva, 18 June 2008 - Ambassador William Lacy Swing of the United States has been elected as the next Director General of the International Organization for Migration. Speaking after his election, Mr. Swing said: "My vision for IOM is for a collaborative organization of professionals built on trust and one that listens to Member States and which efficiently and cost effectively helps them manage migration to the benefit of all." more >>
The US Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, has released its eight annual Trafficking in Persons Report. The report brings to account each nation's efforts to discover the perpetrators, prosecute the criminals, protect the victims, and ultimately abolish the egregious crime of human trafficking. Macedonia has been ranked in Tier 1 as country whose government fully complies with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act's (TVPA) minimum standards.
ARegional Conference on Combating Trafficking in Minors organized by the French Government and IOM was held on the 31st of March in Budapest, Hungary. The conference brought together over 67 experts from 16 countries in SEE region. The Macedonian delegation was composed by senior experts from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and IOM.
ARegional Forum on Return and Readmission was organized by IOM in Tirana, Albania on the 5th of March 2008. The forum was held to enhance regional cooperation and dialogue as well as to build mechanisms for an effective and sustainable implementation of the readmission agreements between the countries of the Western Balkan region, the EC and other concerned non EU MS.
In its recently published Concluding Observations on Macedonia's 2nd periodic report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,The UN Human Rights Committeerecommends that the State party should continue to implement and enforce its measures to combat trafficking in women and children and bring those responsible to justice.
The Government endorses the Standard Operating Procedures for Assistance to Victims of Trafficking - the document was presented by the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski at the Government conference held on 21st of February, 2008. more >>
From the 13th to the 15th of February a Forum to Fight Human Trafficking took place in Vienna, bringing together 1,400 delegates from 116 countries to share knowledge and develop an international strategy to combat human trafficking.
The forum, organized by UNODC-UN.GIFT, called for greater awareness, more resources and coordinated action in the fight against human trafficking. IOM was represented by 25 experts from all over the world, the IOM Office in Skopje supported the participation of an Expert from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. more >>
The Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings enters into force on the 1st of February 2008 with the ratification by the first ten countries, which includes: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Georgia, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia - the Convention has been signed but not yet ratified by the Government of Macedonia. more >>
