Trafficking in women and girls
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3.
Urges Member States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or
acceding to, as a matter of priority, 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 taking into
consideration the central role of those instruments in the fight against trafficking in
persons, and urges States parties to those instruments to implement them fully and
effectively;
Urges Member States to consider signing and ratifying and States parties
4.
to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women4 and the Optional Protocol thereto,5 the Convention on the Rights of
the Child6 and the Optional Protocols thereto, 14 and the Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 15
as well as the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), 16 the Labour Inspection
Convention, 1947 (No. 81), 17 the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised),
1949 (No. 97), 18 the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention,
1958 (No. 111), 19 the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), 20 the Migrant
Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143), 21 the Private
Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), 22 the Worst Forms of Child
Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182), 23 and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011
(No. 189), of the International Labour Organization;
Urges Member States, the United Nations and other international,
5.
regional and subregional organizations, as well as civil society, including
non-governmental organizations, the private sector and the media, to fully and
effectively implement the relevant provisions of the United Nations Global Plan of
Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons 24 and the activities outlined therein;
6.
Welcomes the efforts of Governments, United Nations bodies and
agencies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to address the
particular problem of trafficking in women and girls, and encourages them to further
enhance their efforts and cooperation, including by sharing their knowledge,
technical expertise and best practices as widely as possible;
Encourages the United Nations system to mainstream, as appropriate, the
7.
issue of trafficking in persons, especially women and girls, into its broader policies
and programmes aimed at addressing economic and social development, human
rights, the rule of law, good governance, education, health and natural disaster and
post-conflict reconstruction;
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14
United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531; and resolution 66/138, annex.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2220, No. 39481.
16
Ibid., vol. 39, No. 612.
17
Ibid., vol. 54, No. 792.
18
Ibid., vol. 120, No. 1616.
19
Ibid., vol. 362, No. 5181.
20
Ibid., vol. 1015, No. 14862.
21
Ibid., vol. 1120, No. 17426.
22
Ibid., vol. 2115, No. 36794.
23
Ibid., vol. 2133, No. 37245.
24
Resolution 64/293.
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