ICAPP Update (14-02)

Dear Distinguished Members of the ICAPP Standing Committee,
 
This is to inform you that the "ICAPP Workshop on Human Trafficking" was held in Kathmandu, Nepal during Jan. 16-18, 2014. The workshop was initiated by the ICAPP Women's Wing as a small-scale event and was co-hosted by five leading political parties in Nepal, i.e. Nepali Congress Party, CPN (UML), UCPN (Maoist), Madhesi People's Rights Forum-Nepal and CPN (Maoist). The workshop was also co-sponsored by G.P. Koirala Foundation of Nepal, Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

The workshop was attended by representatives from twenty political parties in eleven countries and from twelve international, national and non-governmental organizations. 

At the end of the workshop, "Kathmandu Statement on Human Trafficking" was adopted, which is attached herewith. Also attached are the program and the list of participants.

The Bureau of the ICAPP Women's Wing held its fourth meeting during the workshop and agreed to hold follow-up workshops to continue their joint efforts to tackle the issues relating to human trafficking. In this regard, TIKA and KOICA expressed their willingness to co-sponsor future workshops on human trafficking as well.
 
Warm regards,

Chung Eui-yong

Co-Chairman of the Standing Committee

and Secretary General

Seoul, Korea

January 21, 2014