A/RES/71/167
Trafficking in women and girls
41. Also invites Governments to intensify efforts aimed at the speedy
disposition of cases of trafficking in persons and, in cooperation with, inter alia,
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to devise, enforce and
strengthen systems and mechanisms for combating trafficking in persons;
42. Further invites Governments to encourage media providers, including
Internet service providers, to adopt or strengthen self -regulatory measures to
promote the responsible use of media, particularly the Internet, with a view to
eliminating the exploitation of women and children, in particular girls, which could
foster trafficking;
43. Invites the business sector, in particular the tourism, travel and
telecommunications industries, relevant recruitment agencies and mass media
organizations, to cooperate with Governments in eliminating trafficking in women
and children, in particular girls, including through the dissemination by the media of
information regarding the dangers of trafficking, the means used by traffickers, the
rights of trafficked persons and the services available t o victims of trafficking;
44. Stresses the need for the systematic collection of data disaggregated by
sex, age and other relevant factors and comprehensive studies at both the national
and the international levels, and in this regard takes note of the p ublication of the
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, prepared by the United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime, and the development of common methodologies and
internationally defined indicators to make it possible to develop relevant and
comparable figures, and encourages Governments to enhance information-sharing
and data-collection capacity as a way of promoting cooperation to combat the
trafficking problem;
45. Invites Governments, United Nations bodies, agencies and special
mechanisms, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and the private
sector to undertake collaborative and joint research and studies on trafficking in
women and girls that can serve as a basis for policy formulation or change;
46. Invites Governments, with the support of the United Nations, when
necessary, and other intergovernmental organizations, taking into account best
practices, to formulate training manuals and other informational materials and to
provide training for law enforcement, judicial and other rel evant officials and
medical and support personnel, with a view to sensitizing them to the special needs
of women and girl victims;
47. Calls upon Governments, and encourages relevant intergovernmental
bodies and international organizations, to ensure that military, peacekeeping and
humanitarian personnel deployed in conflict, post-conflict and other emergency
situations are provided with training on conduct that does not promote, facilitate or
exploit trafficking in women and girls, including for sexual exploitation, and to raise
the awareness of such personnel about the potential risks to victims of conflict and
other emergency situations, including natural disasters, of being trafficked;
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