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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women = and=20 children, of the UN Human Rights Council Joy Ngozi Ezeilo is = visiting=20 Belarus
On 17=9624 May, Special Rapporteur on = trafficking in=20 persons, especially women and children, of the UN Human Rights = Council Joy=20 Ngozi Ezeilo is paying an official visit to Belarus.
On 18 May, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus = Sergei=20 Aleinik held a meeting with Ms.Ezeilo in the Foreign Ministry that = saw=20 participation of representatives from the Office of UN High = Commissioner=20 for Human Rights and UNDP Office in Minsk.
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In a meeting, Sergei Aleinik stressed that = fighting human=20 trafficking is a priority issue for Belarus which is under control = of the=20 country=92s leadership. Belarus has done extensive work to address = that=20 challenge, including improvements in legislation, stronger law = enforcement=20 measures and larger co-operation with international=20 organizations.
The meeting also focused on the Belarusian = initiatives in=20 international organizations on bolstering global anti-trafficking = efforts.=20 The Deputy Foreign Minister highlighted in particular a critical = role in=20 that respect of the Global Partnership against Slavery and = Trafficking in=20 Persons initiative put forward by the President of the Republic of = Belarus=20 at the UN Summit in 2005.
Currently Belarus is taking efforts to further = encourage=20 the creation of the Global Partnership and the elaboration of a = global=20 action plan on fighting human trafficking.
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Sergei Aleinik thanked Ms. Ezeilo for her active = support=20 of the global action plan idea, and in particular for her voice in = favour=20 of the plan at the thematic debates of the UN General Assembly on = human=20 trafficking that took place on 13 May 2009 under Belarus=92=20 initiative.
The programme of Ms. Ezeilo=92s visit envisages = meetings in=20 the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus and = governmental agencies dealing with anti-trafficking. In addition, = Ms.=20 Ezeilo will have meetings in the Belarusian Parliament and the CIS = Executive Committee.
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The Special Rapporteur also plans to visit the=20 International Training Centre on Fighting Human Trafficking and = Illegal=20 Migration in Minsk and BOMBEL Migrants Accomodation Centre in=20 Brest.
| =A9 2009, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs = of the=20 Republic of Belarus |
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