Jakarta Convention Center
Jakarta, Indonesia
07 May 2011
The Philippines pushed for its priorities in achieving the ASEAN's community building goals in 2015 during the plenary session of the 18TH ASEAN summit. These includes areas of cooperation in combating human and drug trafficking, piracy, environmental protection, territorial jurisdiction, economic integration, security and assistance during times of calamities and crisis. Philippines maintains its interest in strengthening the institutional role of ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights by hosting the AICHR Secretariat.
And as the lead shepherd on trafficking in persons, the Philippines will also host the "Experts" meeting to study the feasibility on developing an ASEAN Convention on Trafficking in Persons (ACTIP) by June, and the 5th Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) working group on TIP and the 20th meeting of the Heads of Specialist Anti-Trafficking Units in July 2011.
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