Mongolia-U.S. sign formal child protection compact partnership
U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Michael Klecheski and Senior Mongolian Officials,today signed a historic partnership to combat child sex trafficking and forced child labor in Mongolia.
Implementation of this four-year partnership will strengthen the efforts of the Mongolian government, law enforcement and prosecutors, NGOs, and civil society organizations to fight all forms of child trafficking in Mongolia. The Partnership signing comes after several months of high-level discussions between representatives of relevant Mongolian ministries and offices and the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office), which is responsible for leading the Department’s global engagement to combat human trafficking. With the signing of this CPC Partnership, the TIP Office commits to providing $5 million in U.S. foreign assistance to nongovernmental and international organizations that will collaborate with members of the Mongolian National Sub-Council on Trafficking in Persons, which leads interagency efforts to combat human trafficking. The Partnership’s objectives include improving interagency coordination and collaboration, improving Mongolia’s investigation and prosecution of child traffickers, strengthening Mongolian and civil society capacity to provide comprehensive trauma-informed care for child trafficking victims, and expanding community understanding of the risks and indicators of child trafficking as well as how to take appropriate action to prevent child trafficking in all its forms. Mongolian ministry officials responsible for anti-trafficking efforts also acknowledged the importance of today’s signing.
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