During SOM 5, senior officials from Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam met to review the status of implementation of the first COMMIT SPA (2005-2007) and the achievements of the COMMIT Process over the previous three years. Following months of collaborative development, the Senior Officials endorsed a follow-up action plan, the 2nd COMMIT SPA (2008-2010), which takes forward the activities in the first SPA in the focus areas of policy-making and capacity-building in the areas of law enforcement and criminal justice, prevention, protection, and recovery and reintegration of victims of trafficking. In addition, to endorsing the 2nd SPA, the senior officials finalized the Joint Declaration on the COMMIT Process in preparation for the 2nd Inter-Ministerial Meeting (IMM 2).

During IMM 2, ministerial representatives from Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam signed the Joint Declaration on the COMMIT Process (COMMIT Declaration), reaffirming their commitment to the COMMIT process and the eradication of all forms of human trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS). Furthermore, they pledged the continuation of multilateral cooperation in realizing the goal of a trafficking-free region.

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