Farewell speech
172nd International training course
Mr. Bobir Turdiev (Uzbekistan)

Dear Director Seto, Deputy Director Ishihara, Professor Otani, faculty
and staff of UNAFEI, JICA, ACPF, distinguished guests, my dear fellow
participants.
Good evening, kon-banwa.
It is a great honor and a pleasure to be standing here to deliver thisfarewell speech on behalf of all participants of the UNAFEI
172nd International training course. These past 6 weeks have surpassed ourbest expectations. When I was writing this speech, my memory moved fromthe warm welcome party to the sparkling dinner at cruise in Yokohama Bay,the walk into Ginza, the incredible Grand Sumo Tournament, the beautiful
and magnificent Kiyomizu-dera Temple and Kinkaku-ji Temple in Kyoto andtouching visit to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
Our entire stay in Japan hasn’t been only amazing, but it also enriched
us both morally and intellectually with Japanese spirit. During these past days
we have developed a filial affection towards each other, as well as toUNAFEI and JICA staff.
All our professors – Otani-san, Futagoishi-san, Daniel-san, Yamamotosan, Kitagawa-san, Furuhashi-san, Watanabe-san, Hosokawa-san, Morikawasan;
and linguistic adviser – Mr.Thomas, chief of Secretariat Fujita-san, andof course all administrative staff especially Mariko-san, Onda-san, Hazu-san,
UNAFEI librarian and cookers;
our Japanese colleagues – Manny-san, Nori-san, Hiro-san, Taka-san,Yu-san, Yasu-san and Go-san have become our second family. Day after day,from morning till night, on weekdays and weekends, on trains and buses weshared precious moments and fun as well as tough times together (thatBibiche-san is not standing with us now).
Being able to see lively discussions with lots of questions andcomments from our active participants, informal discussions held almost
every night at Lounge B was very nice and heartwarming.
Each of us remembers about UNAFEI style of greeting (waving hands)
starting from our first arrival to UNAFEI and continuing each time upon ourarrival and departures from sight visits and study trip.

Moreover, we were amazed that from Director Seto up to cookers ofcafeteria, particularly Mr.Takeshi Fujita knew all of us by calling our names.
So, let us take this opportunity to thank all of you for being so caring andopen to us. We will remember each one of you for helping us and providing
us with the necessary support we needed it the most.
We would like to thank UNAFEI and JICA for granting us theopportunity to motivate our interest and increase our knowledge by arranging
lectures of Japanese and foreign experts. We are thankful for the organizedvisits and study trip to places where we were able to observe best practices ofJapan in tackling human trafficking and smuggling of migrants.
Our sincere gratitude also goes to Yokohama district court, Ministry ofJustice, Hiroshima coast guard, Kyoto prison and Kyoto Public Prosecutor’s
office for their kind welcomes and patient explanations about their daily
work. We deeply appreciate the esteem shown by the Ministry of Justice andVice-minister, who despite their busy agendas spent a moment to receive usand gave us wise advice.
We also greatly benefited from the group work assignment. Apart fromthe knowledge we gained in drafting the paper according to the assigned
subject, we got the chance to examine specific measures, share experienceand discuss the best practices we could bring back to our respective countries
to combat TiP more efficiently. Now that we are leaving, we want you toremember only the good times we have had together and to forgive us for any
lack of courtesy we might have shown.
We send our best wishes to UNAFEI, JICA and the ACPF. We
sincerely hope that your organizations will continue developing interestingand exciting training programs that would benefit other participants from allover the world and for many more years to come. Tomorrow, we are leavingwith a wealth of knowledge and unforgettable memories. Yes, we did all
together. And, yes, all these memories are unforgettable.
Now, allow me to speak on my behalf. I wish everyone here to bealways healthy, successful and happy. Thank you for all your support andfriendship. Moments spent with all of you will always hold a special place in
my heart. Now we are part of a big family and strong network of contacts
comprising from about 20 countries.
United we stand, divided we fall. Please always keep in touch!
Domo arigato gozaimasu.