Embassy of the United states
JAPAN
U.S Policy & Issues
German Conference To Focus on Human-Trafficking Threat
More than 80 representatives from over 25 nations will meet in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, March 7-9 to examine the threats that human
trafficking poses to national security and democratic development throughout
Europe and Eurasia.
Participants in the conference, entitled `Human Trafficking: Security
Implications,' will examine current trafficking patterns and trends in
Europe and Eurasia. They will also highlight the transnational and
regional-security implications of human trafficking and discuss avenues for
cooperation.
The conference is organized and hosted by the George C. Marshall European
Center for Security Studies and will be conducted in English and Russian.
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Following is the U.S. European Command press release
U.S. European Command
http://www.eucom.mil/
March 2, 2005
COUNTRIES GATHER TO EXAMINE THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING THREAT
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - Representatives from more than 25 nations
meet here March 7-9 to examine the threats that human trafficking poses to
national security and democratic development throughout Europe and Eurasia.
Participants at the conference, entitled Human Trafficking: Security
Implications, will examine current trafficking patterns and trends in Europe
and Eurasia. They will also highlight transnational and regional security
implications of human trafficking and discuss the avenues for cooperation.
The keynote address will be given by Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann, director
of the Geneva Center for Security Policy.
The conference follows a related conference on Soft Security Threats held
here in April 2003. Participants expressed interest in the serious issue of
human trafficking in Europe and Eurasia, linking it with organized criminal
networks that deal in lucrative commodities that include people, small arms,
drugs, and the basics of weapons of mass destruction.
The conference is organized and hosted by the Marshall Center. It will be
conducted in English and Russian using moderated plenary open panel sessions
and facilitated workshop sessions. A total of more than 80 participants are
expected from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, the Hellenic Republic, Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Russia,
Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey,
the Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
JAPAN
U.S Policy & Issues
German Conference To Focus on Human-Trafficking Threat
More than 80 representatives from over 25 nations will meet in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, March 7-9 to examine the threats that human
trafficking poses to national security and democratic development throughout
Europe and Eurasia.
Participants in the conference, entitled `Human Trafficking: Security
Implications,' will examine current trafficking patterns and trends in
Europe and Eurasia. They will also highlight the transnational and
regional-security implications of human trafficking and discuss avenues for
cooperation.
The conference is organized and hosted by the George C. Marshall European
Center for Security Studies and will be conducted in English and Russian.
###
Following is the U.S. European Command press release
U.S. European Command
http://www.eucom.mil/
March 2, 2005
COUNTRIES GATHER TO EXAMINE THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING THREAT
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - Representatives from more than 25 nations
meet here March 7-9 to examine the threats that human trafficking poses to
national security and democratic development throughout Europe and Eurasia.
Participants at the conference, entitled Human Trafficking: Security
Implications, will examine current trafficking patterns and trends in Europe
and Eurasia. They will also highlight transnational and regional security
implications of human trafficking and discuss the avenues for cooperation.
The keynote address will be given by Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann, director
of the Geneva Center for Security Policy.
The conference follows a related conference on Soft Security Threats held
here in April 2003. Participants expressed interest in the serious issue of
human trafficking in Europe and Eurasia, linking it with organized criminal
networks that deal in lucrative commodities that include people, small arms,
drugs, and the basics of weapons of mass destruction.
The conference is organized and hosted by the Marshall Center. It will be
conducted in English and Russian using moderated plenary open panel sessions
and facilitated workshop sessions. A total of more than 80 participants are
expected from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, the Hellenic Republic, Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Russia,
Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey,
the Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress