A/HRC/4/23 page 7 II. FORCED MARRIAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN 13. The Special Rapporteur chose for her annual thematic report to gather information on forced marriage in the context of trafficking in persons. To this end she sent a questionnaire to all Member States, regional bodies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations working on issues related to forced marriage and trafficking in persons. The Special Rapporteur wishes to express her sincere and heartfelt thanks to all those who have provided information for this report. 14. The following Governments responded to the questionnaire: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Israel, Jamaica, Lebanon, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Mauritius, Mexico, Philippines, Sweden, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Venezuela. The UNICEF offices in Belarus, Nigeria, Switzerland, the United Republic of Tanzania and Uruguay, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the OSCE Missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to Moldova also responded to the questionnaire. Other replies were also received from the IOM field offices in Afghanistan, Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Norway, Viet Nam and Zambia as well as the IOM Regional Mission for Central and South-Eastern Europe.1 15. The following national and international NGOs also replied to the questionnaire: Action for Children Campaign/Institute for Modern Rights Studies (United Kingdom); Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (Afghanistan); Association guinéenne de femmes enseignantes de l’élémentaire (AGFE) (Guinea); Ashiana Network (United Kingdom); ASTRA-Anti-Trafficking Action (Serbia); Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (Bangladesh); Christian Children’s Fund (Afghanistan); The CRADLE - Children’s Foundation (Kenya); Deutsche Staatborgerinnen Verband (Germany); European Roma Rights Centre, Human Rights Information and Documentation Centre (Georgia); Institute of the Indigenous Peoples of the North (Russian Federation); Instituto Suore Buon Pastore (Italy); Lilith Project, Eaves Housing for Women (United Kingdom); Maasai Aid Association (Kenya); Minority and Indigenous Rights Advocacy of Nigeria (Nigeria); Mouvement français pour le planning familial (France); Nomadic Integrated Development Research Agency (NIDRA) (Kenya); SOITM Foundation (Iraq); Solwodi (Germany); Sisters of the Good Shepherd (Ethiopia); Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement (Egypt); Women in Need Development Consortium (WINIDECO) (Kenya); World Vision International; and Yayasam Mitra kesehatan dan Kemanusiaan (The Health and Humanity Foundation) (Indonesia). Finally, the Special Rapporteur also conducted personal interviews with victims of forced marriage from several countries including Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, and Sri Lanka.2 1 Replies from Bulgaria, Thailand, Sweden, Tunisia and the United States of America were received too late to be able to be analysed for the purposes of this report. 2 For example, during a visit on 9 September 2006 to Sanctuary for Families, an NGO based in New York City, that primarily serves immigrant victims of domestic violence.