A/RES/63/194
Welcoming the decisions of the Human Rights Council to establish the
mandate of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its
causes and consequences, 5 and to extend the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on
trafficking in persons, especially women and children 6 and the Special Rapporteur
on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 7
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5F
6F
Recognizing that broad international cooperation between Member States and
relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations is essential for
effectively countering the threat of trafficking in persons and other contemporary
forms of slavery,
Recognizing also the need to continue fostering a global partnership against
trafficking in persons and other contemporary forms of slavery,
Recognizing further that the provision of effective support to the work of the
Conference of the Parties to the Convention should be an important part of the
coordination efforts of the United Nations system on the issue of trafficking in persons,
Recognizing the importance of bilateral, subregional, regional and
international cooperation mechanisms and initiatives, including information
exchanges on good practices, of Governments and intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations to address the problem of trafficking in persons,
especially women and children,
Reaffirming the commitment made by world leaders at the Millennium
Summit 8 and the 2005 World Summit 9 to devise, enforce and strengthen effective
measures to combat and eliminate all forms of trafficking in persons to counter the
demand for trafficked victims and to protect the victims,
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8F
Urges Member States that have not yet done so to consider taking
1.
measures to ratify or accede to the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime1 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,2 and to implement fully all
aspects of those instruments;
0H
1H
2.
Also urges Member States that have not yet done so to consider taking
measures to ratify or accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography,3 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women 10 and the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery,
the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery,4 and to implement
fully all aspects of those instruments;
2H
9F
3H
3.
Recognizes that broad international cooperation between Member States
and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations is essential for
effectively countering the threat of trafficking in persons and other contemporary
forms of slavery;
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5
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. I,
sect. A, resolution 6/14.
6
Ibid., chap. III, sect. A, resolution 8/12.
7
Ibid., chap. II, resolution 7/13.
8
See resolution 55/2.
9
See resolution 60/1.
10
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.
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