Gravely concerned at the increasing activities of transnational criminal organizations and others that
profit from international trafficking in women and children without regard to dangerous and inhumane
conditions and in flagrant violation of domestic laws and international standards,
Deeply concerned about the unabated use of new information technologies, including the Internet, for
purposes of prostitution, child pornography, paedophilia, trafficking in women as brides and sex tourism,
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General (E/CN.4/2000/66) on
activities of United Nations bodies and other international
organizations pertaining to the problem of trafficking in women and girls;
2.
Welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and
consequences, on trafficking in women, women’s migration and violence against women (E/CN.4/2000/68);
3.
Also welcomes the steps taken by human rights treaty bodies, the special rapporteurs and
subsidiary bodies of the Commission, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
other United Nations bodies and international organizations to address within their mandates the problem of
trafficking in women and girls, and encourages them to continue doing so and to share their knowledge and best
practices as widely as possible;
4.
Urges Governments to take appropriate measures to address the root factors, including external
factors, that encourage trafficking in women and girls for prostitution and other forms of commercialized sex,
forced marriages and forced labour, so as to eliminate trafficking in women, including by strengthening existing
legislation with a view to providing better protection of the rights of women and girls and to punishing
perpetrators, through both criminal and civil measures;
5.
Invites Governments to take steps to ensure for victims of trafficking the respect of all their
human rights and fundamental freedoms, including taking steps to ensure all legislation related to combating
trafficking is gender sensitive and provides protection for the human rights of women and girls and against
violations committed against women and girls;
6.
Calls upon Governments to criminalize trafficking in women and girls in all its forms, and to
condemn and penalize all the offenders involved, including intermediaries, whether their offence was committed
in their own or in a foreign country, while ensuring that the victims of those practices are not penalized;
7.
Encourages Governments to conclude bilateral, subregional, regional and international
agreements to address the problem of trafficking in women and girls;
8.
Also encourages Governments to work for the early finalization of the draft convention against
transnational organized crime, including the draft protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons,
especially women and children, and to give the draft convention and the protocol a human rights perspective;
9.
Further encourages Governments, in cooperation with non-governmental organizations, to
undertake campaigns aimed at clarifying opportunities, limitations and rights in the event of migration so as to
enable women to make informed decisions and to prevent them from becoming victims of trafficking;
10.
Calls upon concerned Governments to allocate resources to provide comprehensive
programmes designed to heal and rehabilitate into society victims of trafficking, including through job training,
legal assistance and health care and by taking measures to cooperate with non-governmental organizations to
provide for the social, medical and psychological care of the victims;
11.
Notes with appreciation the efforts of participating Governments and intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations at the Asian Regional Initiative Against Trafficking in Women and Children
meeting in Manila in March 2000 to develop a regional action plan against trafficking in persons, especially
women and children, and encourages other regional initiatives in this regard;
12.
Encourages Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, the human
rights treaty bodies, the special rapporteurs, especially the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, the
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Special Rapporteur
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