Opening of Training: MoSWRR DM delivered the opening speech

The opening ceremony for the "Capacity Building and Training on the Use of National Standard Operating Procedures for the Reception, Reintegration, and Rehabilitation of Trafficked Persons" was held on December 15 at the Collective Meeting Hall of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement in Nay Pyi Taw. Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr. Than Soe attended and delivered the opening address.

In his opening address, the Deputy Minister stated that Myanmar became a member of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) in 2004, and also signed the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (ACTIP) in 2015. He explained that the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, in line with the Protection component outlined in the conventions signed by Myanmar, develops annual work plans and is responsible for implementing them according to established standards and norms. He further said that this training is being conducted to enable the various departments assisting in the process of providing aid, repatriation, transfer, reintegration, and rehabilitation to trafficked persons to collaborate more systematically and efficiently, with the aim of ensuring the best interests of trafficked persons.

The training will be conducted over four days, from December 15 to December 18, with a total of 52 trainees from the Anti-Trafficking Police Force, General Administration Department, Department of Social Welfare, Department of Rehabilitation, Myanmar Women's Affairs Federation, and Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association, it’s reported.