1. The Parties shall establish comprehensive policies, programmes and other measures:
a. To prevent and combat trafficking in persons; and
b. To protect victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, from revictimisation.
2. The Parties shall endeavour to undertake measures such as research, information and mass media campaigns and social economic initiatives to prevent and combat trafficking in persons.
3. Policies, programmes and other measures established in accordance with this Article shall, as appropriate, include cooperation with non-governmental organisations, other relevant organisations and other elements of civil society.
4. The Parties shall take or strengthen measures, including through bilateral or multicultural cooperation, to alleviate the factors that make persons, especially women and children, vulnerable to trafficking, such as poverty underdevelopment and lack of equal opportunity.
5. The Parties shall adopt or strengthen legislative or other measures such as educational, social or cultural measures, including through bilateral and multilateral cooperation, to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, that leads to trafficking.