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(d) Assist States in the establishment or intensification of bilateral and
multilateral cooperation in the areas to be covered by the future United Nations
convention against corruption;
(e) Maintain a database of existing national assessments of corruption in a
standardized format and a kit of best practices against corruption;
(f)
Facilitate the sharing of experience and expertise among States;
(g) Revise and update the manual on practical measures against corruption; 3
(h) Develop technical cooperation projects to prevent and combat corruption
in order to assist States, upon request, in implementing such projects under the
global programme against corruption.
III. Action against trafficking in persons
10. In order to implement and follow up on the commitments undertaken in
paragraph 14 of the Vienna Declaration to take immediate and effective measures to
prevent and combat trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and to
promote cooperation between States in this respect, the specific measures below are
recommended.
A.
National actions
11. Individually and collectively, States will endeavour, as appropriate, to support
the following actions:
(a) Developing and sharing information and analytical expertise on the nature
and extent of domestic and regional trafficking activities and on the identities,
means and methods of known traffickers or trafficking organizations, to the extent
consistent with national laws and international agreements and arrangements;
(b) Adopting or strengthening, as necessary, effective laws and procedures for
the prevention and punishment of trafficking in persons and effective measures for
the support and protection of victims of and witnesses to such trafficking;
(c) Considering implementing measures to provide for the protection and
physical, psychological and social recovery of victims of trafficking in persons;
(d) Supporting and cooperating with national and international nongovernmental and other organizations and elements of civil society, as appropriate,
in matters relating to trafficking in persons;
(e) Reviewing and assessing the effectiveness of domestic measures against
trafficking in persons, and considering making that information available for
comparison and research into the development of more effective measures against
such trafficking;
(f) Developing and disseminating public information about trafficking in
persons, to educate potential victims of such trafficking;
(g) Strengthening capacity for international cooperation to develop and
implement measures against trafficking in persons;
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International Review of Criminal Policy, Nos. 41 and 42 (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.93.IV.4).
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