A/RES/80/228 Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons Welcoming the adoption of General Assembly resolution 79/286 of 29 April 2025 entitled “Modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons”, providing for the organization of the high-level meeting and the adoption of a political declaration by the Assembly, Recalling the reference to preventing, countering and combating trafficking in persons and to the vulnerabilities of children in the context of addressing trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling in the Kyoto Declaration on Advancing Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law: Towards the Achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held in Kyoto, Japan, from 7 to 12 March 2021, 18 Recalling also the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, adopted at the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 19 September 2016, 19 in which States declared that they would, with full respect for their obligations under international law, vigorously combat trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling with a view to their elimination, including through targeted measures to identify victims of trafficking in persons or those at risk of trafficking, provide support for the victims of trafficking in persons and work to prevent trafficking in persons among those affected by displacement, Recognizing that further work is required both to better understand the link between migration and trafficking in persons and to develop more effective responses to eliminate the risk of trafficking in persons in the migration process in order to, inter alia, further efforts to protect migrant workers from all forms of violence, discrimination, exploitation and abuse, Recognizing also the important role of the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons in fostering coordination and cooperation in the global fight against trafficking in persons, within the existing mandates of its members 20 and partners, 21 _______________ 18 Resolution 76/181, annex. Resolution 71/1. 20 The Council of the Baltic Sea States, the Department of Peace Operations of the Secretariat, the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the Secretariat, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the International Telecommunication Union, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary -General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Organization of American States, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, the United Nations Office on Dru gs and Crime, the Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, the United Nations Population Fund, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the World Bank. 21 The Council of Europe, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences and the Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children. 19 4/14 25-20946