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  • A Major UNDP Project Will Combat Human Trafficking in Armenia

    United Nations Development Programme Country Office in Armenia
    14, Karl Liebknecht Street, Yerevan 375010, Armenia
    Contact: Aramazd Ghalamkaryan
    Tel: (374 1) 56 60 73
    Fax: (374 1) 54 38 11
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.undp.am


    UNDP COUNTRY OFFICE IN ARMENIA
    30 March, 2004

    A MAJOR UNDP PROJECT WILL COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ARMENIA

    Yerevan, Armenia

    Today, the Government of Armenia and the United Nations Development
    Programme (UNDP) launched the Anti-Trafficking Programme: Capacity
    Building Support and Victims Assistance project. Mr. Vartan Oskanian,
    Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and Ms. Lise
    Grande, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative signed the
    project document.

    The overall objective of this two-year project is to facilitate the
    development of a national framework to tackle the problem of human
    trafficking as well as to provide direct assistance to the victims of
    trafficking. The project has three major components: building the
    institutional capacity of key state agencies; raising public awareness;
    and assisting victims of trafficking. As part of the public awareness
    campaign, a special `Artists against Trafficking' initiative will be
    launched throughout the country.

    According to Ms. Grande: `Human trafficking is ruinous. It destroys
    Armenian families and wrecks young lives. The United Nations is
    committed to helping to better understand human trafficking in Armenia
    and to establishing mechanisms for fighting against it. We are confident
    that in close collaboration with the Government of Armenia and civil
    society this project will succeed.'

    The project is supported by the Governments of Norway and the
    Netherlands, and it will be implemented by UNDP, the International
    Organisation for Migration and UMCOR international NGO.

    Country Background: Since its independence Armenia has acceded to
    several human rights conventions and developed a number of important
    national action plans, such as the UN Convention on Elimination of
    Discrimination Against Women, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
    the Concept Paper and National Action Plan on Counter Trafficking of
    Human Beings. The 2004-2010 Armenia National Action Plan on Women has
    been submitted to the Government for adoption.

    ***
    UNDP is the UN's global development network. It advocates for change and
    connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people
    build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with
    them on their own solutions to global and national development
    challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of
    UNDP and our wide range of partners.

    ***
    For further information, please contact Mr. Aramazd Ghalamkaryan, UNDP
    Armenia at [email protected].
    ***
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