A/RES/72/1
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
9 October 2017
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 107
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 27 September 2017
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/72/L.1)]
72/1.
Political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations
Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons
The General Assembly
Adopts the following political declaration on the implementation of the United
Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons:
Political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations
Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons
1.
We, the States Members of the United Nations, reaffirm the United Nations
Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons 1 and our commitments
made therein, and evince our strong political will to take decisive concerted action
to end this heinous crime, wherever it may occur.
2.
We recall and reaffirm our commitments to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, 2 recognizing its integrated and indivisible nature and acknowledging
that the 2030 Agenda includes commitments that relate to combating all forms of
trafficking in persons, recognize the importance of partnerships in this regard, and
emphasize that the 2030 Agenda and the Global Plan of Action are mutually
reinforcing.
3.
We reaffirm our commitment to address the social, economic, cultural,
political and other factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking in persons,
such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, humanitarian emergencies, including
armed conflicts and natural disasters, sexual violence, gender discrimination, social
exclusion and marginalization, as well as a culture of tolerance towards violence
against women, youth and children. We reiterate our commitment to promote
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