This information was released at a February 2 meeting on plans to prepare for these events.

SOM-8 will focus on reviewing and evaluating the Mekong sub-region’s cooperation on human trafficking prevention in the 2008- 2010 period and discussing plans for the 2012- 2013 term, as well as selecting prioritised activities for 2012.

The meeting will also touch upon issues related to dialogues with other forums and the stability of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) after 2013, along with evaluating the results of the third Youth Forum of member countries on combating human trafficking.

IMM-3 participants will review the results of a plan to counter human trafficking in 2008- 2010 period, and adopt an action plan for 2011-2013.

A joint statement on anti-human trafficking will be signed during the meeting.

The Mekong Sub-region which includes Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China, Myanmar and Thailand, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in anti-human trafficking in 2004.