(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
DOHA: The Minister of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs, H E Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi, who is also chairman of National Committee for Combatting Human Trafficking honoured participants in the two workshops on combatting human trafficking.
The award ceremony took place in the closing of the workshop to support the capacity of national judicial and prosecutorial agencies in combating human trafficking and the other workshop on identifying human trafficking to journalists and media personnel and media students, reported QNA.
Speaking at the event, Head of the Human Rights Department in the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Faisal bin Abdullah Al Henzab, who is also Deputy chairman of National Committee for Combatting Human Trafficking, said that Qatar continues its support in the field of combatting human trafficking which is related to the State's international agenda, and is important to the global community.
It is not limited only to Qatar and the region alone, and it is not limited only to human trafficking, however it works on promoting and protecting labor rights, starting with the great developments achieved by Qatar on this matter in the recent years through the technical cooperation with the International Labor Organisation, he said.
The workshops were organised by the National Committee for Combatting Human Trafficking in cooperation with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) within the Arab initiative to build national capacity in combating human trafficking in the Arab countries, which was launched in 2010 with the support and sponsorship of Qatar.
The first workshop was attended by 20 national personnel in the judiciary, public prosecution, police and legal affairs at the Ministry of Justice, whereas the second workshop was attended by 20 media specialists.
Al Henzab said both workshops aimed to build the specialist national capacities in the field of combatting human trafficking, which comes as part of the continuous program to support the national competencies in the Arab countries, which was launched in 2010 with the support of Qatar.
He added that training the Qatari personnel to build their competencies in the field of combatting human trafficking, being in law enforcement authorities or media professionals is very important, to gain skills in dealing with human trafficking cases which is a phenomena that is an enemy to the world.
The first priority of the National Committee for Combatting Human Trafficking, was to set a strategic yearly plan that is revisited annually on three main axes, he explained. The first axis is related to directed awareness to media outlets, training along the lines of the workshop to train personnel in the judiciary, prosecution and police, and finally cooperating with regional and international organizations through the regional office of the UNODC, Al Henzab said.
He said human trafficking is a phenomena of variable patterns, transnational, threatens the global community and is not limited to one state. Hence the National Committee for Combatting Human Trafficking's plan is one of the ambitious plans to end the issue especially humans are a main pillar in the development of Qatar, where human trafficking is one of the obstacles to development. The Ambassador confirmed that the Committee has ambitious plans for this field, which is not only limited to Qatar but through international partnerships aimed at eliminating this scourge and phenomenon.
He said cooperation with UNODC through its GCC regional office is not the first of its kind, where in the past series of workshops have been held, and there is a strong relations between both parties through the Arab initiative which was supported and sponsored by Qatar with $6m. There will be another workshop in the future for the national personnel in Qatar, he said. The national capacity training program on human trafficking comes as part of the close and extended partnership between (UNODC) and the Government of the State of Qatar, represented by the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, where the program aims to develop the national system for the prevention and control of the crime of human trafficking, UNODC GCC representative Hatim Ali stated.
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