the Myanmar registration offices are now established along the Thai‐Myanmar border. The process is on‐going and the deadline is in 2012. ∙ Children and Women : The Southeast Asia National Human Rights Institutions Forum signed Memorandum of Understanding Against Trafficking of Women and Children on March 30, 2010. The four countries in Southeast Asia with National Human Rights Commission are Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. The objectives are: (1) To prevent and combat trafficking of women and children in Southeast Asia and in other regions in the world; (2) To strengthen cooperation amongst the member institutions in the area of trafficking of women and children; and (3) To foster cooperation amongst national human rights institutions in the world to address trafficking. The MOU is applied to support the process of monitoring or strengthening the efforts, where appropriate, of the States of Member Institutions, to enable trafficked women and children to get access to legal remedies, and other forms of intervention. ∙ Other : In addition to migrant labor and children and women issues, there are many collaborations carried out at the regional and inter‐regional levels. The ones that Thailand is involved in include: (1) Core group under the Asia Europe Framework - ASEM Plan of Action on Trafficking in Human. (2) Consultative member of Asia Pacific Cooperation - Inter Government Asia Pacific Informal Consultations on Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants. (3) Member of ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime―AMMTC to carry out the Work Programme to Implement the ASEAN Plan of Action to Combat Transnational Crime. Ⅶ. Conclusion This paper attempts to discuss regional cooperation on the issue of trafficking of children and women in Asia. The case of Thailand is used to demonstrate the different levels of cooperation which took place. Other countries should have similar experience. We should try to assess the success or failure of the different mechanism deployed to date. Regional Cooperation to Prevent Human Trafficking in Asia: The Case of Thailand ❙ 93

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