A/RES/58/137 2. Calls upon Member States to collaborate with a view to preventing trafficking in persons, especially for the purpose of sexual exploitation, through: (a) Improved technical cooperation to strengthen local and national institutions aimed at preventing trafficking in persons, especially women and children, in countries of origin; (b) Information campaigns on the techniques and methods of traffickers, programmes of education aimed at prospective targets, as well as vocational training in social skills and assistance in the reintegration of victims of trafficking into society; (c) A focus on post-conflict regions where patterns of human trafficking are emerging as a new phenomenon and the incorporation of anti-trafficking measures into early intervention; Recognizes that broad international cooperation between Member States 3. and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations is essential to counter effectively the threat of trafficking in persons; Urges Member States to take measures to ratify or accede to the United 4. Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,6 the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime7 and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography4 and to implement those instruments by, inter alia: (a) Criminalizing trafficking in persons; (b) Promoting cooperation among law enforcement authorities in combating trafficking in persons; (c) Establishing the offence of trafficking in persons as a predicate offence for money-laundering offences; 5. Invites Member States to adopt measures, in accordance with their domestic law and capacity, inter alia: (a) To fight sexual exploitation with a view to abolishing it, by prosecuting and punishing those who engage in that activity; (b) To raise awareness, especially through training, among criminal justice officials and others, as appropriate, of the needs of victims of trafficking and of the crucial role of victims in detecting and prosecuting this crime by, inter alia: (i) Investigating all cases reported by victims, preventing victimization and, in general, treating victims with respect; further (ii) Treating victims and witnesses with sensitivity throughout criminal judicial proceedings, in accordance with articles 24 and 25 of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and article 6, paragraph 2, of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; Also invites Member States to adopt measures, in accordance with their 6. domestic law and capacity, inter alia: (a) To provide assistance and protection to victims of trafficking in persons, including measures to permit victims of trafficking to remain in their territory temporarily or permanently, as appropriate; 3