17. Decides to remain seized of the matter and, in particular, to examine
at its forty-first session the progress made and the plans developed.
Resolution 40/4.
Traffic in women and girls*
The Commission on the Status of Women,
Reaffirming its faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth
of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women, enshrined in the
Charter of the United Nations, as well as the principles set forth in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 21/ the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 22/ the International Covenants
on Human Rights, 23/ the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 24/ the Convention on the Rights of the
Child 25/ and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against
Women, 26/
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 49/166 of 23 December 1994 and
50/167 of 22 December 1995, Commission on the Status of Women resolution 39/6 of
29 March 1995 27/ and Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1994/45 of
4 March 1994 28/ and 1995/25 of 3 March 1995 29/ on traffic in women and
girls,
Concurring with the conclusions and recommendations made by recent
international conferences, including the World Conference on Human Rights in
Vienna, the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, the International
Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and the Fourth World
Conference on Women in Beijing, on the human rights of women and girl children,
Bearing in mind the need to strengthen the implementation of all relevant
human rights instruments in order to combat and eliminate, including through
international cooperation, organized and other forms of trafficking in women or
children, including trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation,
pornography, prostitution and sex tourism, and provide legal and social services
*
For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 45-47.
21/
General Assembly resolution 217 A (III).
22/
General Assembly resolution 34/180, annex.
23/
General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI).
24/
General Assembly resolution 39/46, annex.
25/
General Assembly resolution 44/25, annex.
26/
General Assembly resolution 48/104, annex.
27/ Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1995, Supplement
No. 6 (E/1995/26), chap. I, sect. C.
28/
Ibid., 1994, Supplement No. 4 (E/1994/24), chap. II, sect. A.
29/ Ibid., 1995, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1995/23 and Corr.1
and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
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