YEREVAN TO HOST COUNCIL OF EUROPE SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS
ARMENPRESS
Aug 31 2007
STRASBOURG, AUGUST 31, ARMENPRESS: Council of Europe said Yerevan will
host an international seminar to look at the problems of trafficking
in human beings and to identify possible solutions. The seminar is
to be held on 5 to 6 September at the Golden Palace Hotel.
It said this will be the eighth information and awareness raising
seminar run as part of the Council of Europe’s Campaign to Combat
Trafficking in Human Beings, which aims to promote the widest
possible ratification of the Organization’s Convention on Action
against Trafficking in Human Beings.
It will bring together national and local politicians, officials
and representatives of non-governmental organizations from Armenia,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Romania, and the Russian
Federation.
The seminar will be opened by Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister
Armen Baibourtian and Marta Requena, Head of Gender Equality and
Anti-Trafficking Division in the Council of Europe.