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Stakeholders' Regional Consultation 

Regional Consultation on "Effective Implementation of the SAARC Convention on Trafficking"

Wednesday, 5th July 2006

Shangri-La Hotel, Kathmandu

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Chief Guest:         

Honorable Minister Urmila Aryal, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare

Guest of Honour:   

Ms. Chandni Joshi, Regional Programme Director, UNIFEM, South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi .

Chairperson:         

Dr. Ranjana Kumari, Director, Centre for Social Research (CSR), India.

Special Guest:       

Helga Klein, Chief of Party, SARI/Q, New Delhi

MC: 

Ms.Suman R.Shrestha 

Consultation Programme

9:30 – 9:40      Welcome Address       

Ms. Tulasa Lata Amatya, 

President, Community Action Centre-Nepal (CAC-Nepal)

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9:40 – 9:50       Inauguration

Chief Guest & SAARC Delegates

9:50 – 10:10      Theme Presentation

Prof. Ishrat Shamim,  

President, Centre for Women and Children Studies (CWCS), Bangladesh  

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10:10 – 10:30     Regional Initiatives and Recommendations on CrossBorder Trafficking in Persons

Ms. Chandni Joshi, 

Regional Programme Director, UNIFEM, South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi 

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10:30 – 10:45     Briefing on Regional Lobby Document

Dr. Ranjana kumari, 

Director, Centre for Social Research (CSR), India

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10:45 – 11:00     SARI/Q Initiatives: Outcomes and Future Strategies

Helga Klein

Chief of Party, South Asia Regional Initiative/Equity Support Programme, New Delhi

11:00 – 11:10     Remarks by Representatives

Ms. Khalida Salimi      

Executive Director, Sach, Pakistan

Dr. Rinchen Chope

Chairperson, Renew Working Committee, Bhutan  

11:10 – 11:20     Speech

Mr. Shyam Sundar Sharma

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women, Children & Social Welfare, Nepal  

11:20 – 11:25     Speech

Dr. Yeameen Akbory

Project Director, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Govt. of the People’s Republic Bangladesh  

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11:25 – 11:30     Speech

Ms. Nandita Mishra,

Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Govt. of India  

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11:30 – 11:40     Speech

Ms. Abeysekera Irangani Manel

Consultant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Govt. of Sri Lanka  

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11: 40 -11:50      Speech  

Mr. P.M.Nair., IPS

Project Coordinator – UNODC, India  

11: 50 -12:00       Speech  

Mr. Sanker Sen

Senior Fellow, ISS, New Delhi, India

12:00 – 12:25       Open Discussion on Key Issues  

12:25 – 12:45       Adoption of the Lobby Document for Effective Implementation of the SAARC Convention on Trafficking  

12:45 – 12:55       Observations by the Chief Guest  

Honourable Minister Urmila Aryal

Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Nepal  

12:55 – 13:05       Token of Appreciation  

Ms. Tulasa Lata Amatya, CAC - Nepal

Dr. Ranjana Kumari, CSR, India  

13:05 – 13:10       Vote of Thanks  

Dr. Selvy Thiruchandran

President, Women’s Education and Research Centre (WERC), Srilanka

13:10 – 14:00        Press Conference  

13:10 – 14:00        Lunch