As per the agreement, CRC will provide technical support services to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Person (UNSRT), Advocate Sigma Huda, under a funding support from the UNDP Regional Programme on 'HIV and Development Programme for Asia'.

The programme activities focus on research and documentation of important issues on human trafficking and HIV/AIDS, networking and technical cooperation with national and regional bodies in South Asia as well as sharing and dissemination of information in collaboration with the mainstream media.

The project will also establish linkages with the activities being carried out by CRC-Bangladesh through the establishment of a Technical Support Secretariat (TSS) of the UNSRT in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (lOM-Dhaka).

Margaret Goon, resident representative, UNDP Bangladesh, and Dr Rana Sattar, CEO, CRC-Bangladesh, signed the agreement.

Martina Locher, programme officer, UNDP, and Shohela Parveen, Networking and Field Research coordinator, CRC-Bangladesh, were also present.