US law requires the Trafficking Office of the Department of State to publish an annual report on the status of anti trafficking work by governments worldwide. The State Department Trafficking Office is presently collecting information for the 2002 report. Governments will be submitting their views and the U.S. embassies worldwide will send reports to the Trafficking Office. NGOs can also submit information to the Trafficking Office for consideration. As this US report is the only report prepared by any entity on the state-of-the-state response to trafficking, it is important for NGOs to contribute their views. The International Human Rights Law Group encourages you to submit reports on the situation in your country and also your views on the Report itself. Last year, many NGOs complained about the Report generally, the inappropriate placement of some countries in the 3 categories and the Report's failure to reflect the actual situation in their own countries. The deadline for the submissions is March 8.