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Status of Women at its forty-second session 10 and the recommendations of the
Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery 11 adopted on 21 August 1998 by
the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities 12
at its fiftieth session,
Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 13 in particular the
resolve expressed by heads of State and Government to intensify efforts to fight
transnational organized crime in all its dimensions, including trafficking in human
beings,
Reaffirming the outcomes and commitments pertaining to trafficking in women
and girls of recent United Nations conferences and summits, including the World
Conference on Human Rights, 14 the International Conference on Population and
Development, 15 the World Summit for Social Development, 16 the Fourth World
Conference on Women 17 and the special session of the General Assembly on
children 18 and their follow-up processes,
Acknowledging the inclusion of gender-related crimes in the Rome Statute of
the International Criminal Court, 19 which entered into force on 1 July 2002,
Welcoming the adoption by the General Assembly in November 2000 of the
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 20 and the
Protocols thereto, in particular the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish
Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children 21 and the Protocol against
the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, 22
Recognizing the need to address the impact of globalization on the problem of
trafficking in women and children, in particular girls,
Reaffirming that sexual violence and trafficking in women and girls for
purposes of economic exploitation, sexual exploitation through prostitution and
other forms of sexual exploitation and contemporary forms of slavery are serious
violations of human rights,
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10
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum
(E/1998/27 and Corr.1), chap. I.
11
See E/CN.4/1999/4-E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/45, chap. II, sect. A, resolution 1998/19, and E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/14,
sect. VI.B.
12
Subsequently renamed the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (see
Economic and Social Council decision 1999/256).
13
See resolution 55/2.
14
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
15
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.
16
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.
17
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.
18
Resolution S-27/2, annex.
19
Official Records of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment
of an International Criminal Court, Rome, 15 June–17 July 1998, vol. I: Final documents (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.02.I.5), sect. A.
20
Resolution 55/25, annex I.
21
Ibid., annex II.
22
Ibid., annex III.
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