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Reaffirming the provisions of the outcome of the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna
from 14 to 25 June 1993,8 the International Conference on Population and Development,9 the World Summit
for Social Development,10 the Fourth World Conference on Women11 and the Ninth United Nations Congress
on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Cairo from 29 April to 8 May 1995,12
pertaining to the traffic in women and children,
Noting with concern the increasing number of women and girl children from developing countries and
from some countries with economies in transition who are being victimized by traffickers, and acknowledging
that the problem of trafficking also includes the victimizing of young boys,
Emphasizing the need for more concerted and sustained national, regional and international action on
the alarming levels of trafficking in women and girls,
Acknowledging the continuing work of Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations in combating trafficking in women and girls through preventive education, dissemination of
information, research and the provision of shelters and programmes to rehabilitate and reintegrate survivors
in society,
Deeply concerned with the increasing unabated use of new information technologies for purposes of
prostitution, child pornography, paedophilia, sex tourism and trafficking in women as brides,
Convinced of the need to eliminate all forms of sexual violence and sexual trafficking, including for
prostitution and other forms of commercial sex, and convinced also that sexual violence and sexual trafficking
are violations of the human rights of women and girl children and are incompatible with the dignity and
worth of the human person,
Stressing the need for Governments to accord standard minimum humanitarian treatment to trafficked
persons consistent with human rights standards,
1.
girls;13
8
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the traffic in women and
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
9
Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994
(United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
10
Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
11
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
12
See A/CONF.169/16.
13
A/52/355.
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