Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons A/RES/80/228 Recognizing also that victims of trafficking are often subject to multiple forms of discrimination and violence, including on the grounds of gender, age, disability, ethnicity, culture and religion, as well as national or social origin, and that these forms of discrimination may themselves fuel trafficking in persons, and that women and children without nationality or without birth registration are particularly vulnerable to trafficking in persons, Recognizing further the potential of the Internet and other information and communications technologies, including artificial intelligence, to prevent and combat trafficking in persons and to assist victims, stressing the need for increased support for technology-based solutions to identify cases and victims of trafficking and for increased law enforcement cooperation in this regard to address the new challenges generated by the rapid development of the Internet and other information and communications technologies, Expressing concern about the continual use and adaptation of information and communications technologies, including artificial intelligence, the Internet, social media and online platforms by the perpetrators of trafficking in persons to facilitate trafficking in persons, including in the context of emergencies, for the purpose of recruitment, exploitation, especially of women and children, controlling victims, avoiding detection, investigation and prosecution, and transferring the profits of the criminal activity, Stressing the need to promote the establishment of common frameworks, where relevant, for aligning activities and defining and assessing progress, to build a voluntary, robust and shared evidence base of effective programmes and practices to combat trafficking in persons, as well as to promote and protect the rights of victims of trafficking in persons and to reintegrate victims into the community, including by making use, where appropriate, of the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking 25 and the commentary thereon developed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Guidelines on the Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking developed by the United Nations Children’s Fund, the assessment toolkit “Trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal” developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Toolkit for Guidance in Designing and Evaluating Counter-Trafficking Programmes developed by the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons, Welcoming the efforts of Member States, United Nations agencies, international organizations, civil society organizations, the private sector and financial institutions to address the problem of trafficking in persons, including women and children as the most vulnerable group, and emphasizing the urgent need for them to further enhance their efforts and cooperation to build the evidence base, including by sharing their knowledge and best practices as widely as possible, Affirming that capacity-building is a very important component in combating trafficking in persons, and in this regard stressing the need to intensify international cooperation to combat trafficking in persons, including through bilateral and regional initiatives to enhance judiciary prosecutor’s offices and law enforcement cooperation and training, as well as technical assistance for countries aimed at strengthening their ability to prevent and combat all forms of trafficking, including supporting their development programmes, Recalling the Khartoum process and its Declaration adopted in Khartoum on 16 October 2014 during the Regional Ministerial Conference on Human Trafficking _______________ 25 25-20946 E/2002/68/Add.1. 7/14