Monday, September 15, 2008

BAHRAIN: NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOLDS ITS FIRST MEETING

THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING HELD ITS FIRST MEETING TODAY UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF FOREIGN MINISTRY ASSISTANT UNDERSECRETARY FOR COORDINATION AND FOLLOW-UP SHAIKH ABDULAZIZ BIN MUBARAK AL KHALIFA AND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS REPRESENTING FOREIGN, INTERIOR, JUSTICE AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS, INFORMATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTRIES AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF BAHRAIN HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY, BAHRAIN YOUNG LADIES ASSOCIATION AND THE MIGRANT WORKER PROTECTION SOCIETY (MWPS).

SHAIKH ABDULAZIZ WELCOMED THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND CONVEYED TO THEM THE GREETINGS OF FOREIGN MINISTER SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA AND HIS BEST WISHES FOR THE COMMITTEE TO SUCCEED IN ACHIEVING ITS GOALS.

HE ALSO STRESSED THE NEED FOR THE COMMITTEE TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE UPCOMING CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE HELD IN BAHRAIN ON NOVEMBER 16 AND 17.

SHAIKH ABDULAZIZ CALLED UPON ALL CONCERNED SIDES TO POSITIVELY COOPERATE WITH THE COMMITTEE POINTING OUT THAT A WORK TEAM HAD BEEN FORMED TO LOOK INTO THE PHENOMENON OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

-- BNA

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