A/RES/78/228
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 December 2023
Seventy-eighth session
Agenda item 107
Crime prevention and criminal justice
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 19 December 2023
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/78/482, para. 29)]
78/228.
Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons
The General Assembly,
Reiterating its strong condemnation of trafficking in persons, especially women
and children, which constitutes an offence and a serious threat to human dignity and
physical integrity, human rights and sustainable development,
Reiterating its concern that, despite sustained measures taken at the
international, regional and national levels, trafficking in persons remains one of the
grave challenges facing the international community, which also impairs the
enjoyment of human rights and needs a more concerted collective and comprehensive
international response,
Bearing in mind that all States have an obligation to exercise due diligence to
prevent, investigate and punish perpetrators of trafficking in persons and to protect
and assist victims, and that not doing so violates and impairs or nullifies the
enjoyment of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the victims,
Recognizing that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic was one of the
greatest global challenges in the history of the United Nations, and recognizing also
that the disruption and devastation caused by the COVID -19 pandemic has brought
urgency to strengthening international cooperation to prevent, prepare for and
respond to pandemics and other health emergencies, taking into account lessons
learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and other health emergencies to effectively
combat trafficking in persons,
Recalling the adoption by the General Assembly of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, 1 and recalling also the targets of the Sustainable
Development Goals on eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls
in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of
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