adoption by the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and
Protection of Minorities of resolution 1994/5, in which the Subcommission
recommended that Governments adopt legislation to prevent child
prostitution and child pornography,
"Concerned about the increasing number of women and girl children from
developing countries and from some countries with economies in transition
who are being victimized by traffickers, and noting the misuse of advanced
information technology for pornographic and trafficking purposes,
"Realizing the urgent need for the adoption of effective measures at
the national, regional and international levels to protect women and girl
children from this nefarious traffic,
"1. Welcomes the Programme of Action of the International Conference
on Population and Development, held at Cairo from 5 to 13 September 1994,
which, inter alia, called upon all Governments to prevent all international
trafficking in migrants, especially for the purpose of prostitution, and
for the adoption by Governments of both receiving countries and countries
of origin of effective sanctions against those who organize undocumented
migration, exploit undocumented migrants or engage in trafficking in
undocumented migrants, especially those who engage in any form of
international trafficking in women and girl children;
"2. Calls for the implementation of the Platform for Action of the
Fourth World Conference on Women by Governments of countries of origin,
transit and destination and regional and international organizations, as
appropriate:
"(a) By considering the ratification and enforcement of international
conventions on trafficking in persons and on slavery;
"(b) By taking appropriate measures to address the root factors,
including external factors, that encourage trafficking in women and girls
for prostitution and other forms of commercialized sex, forced marriages
and forced labour in order to eliminate trafficking in women, including by
strengthening existing legislation with a view to providing better
protection of the rights of women and girls and to punishing the
perpetrators, through both criminal and civil measures;
"(c) By stepping up cooperation and concerted action by all relevant
law enforcement authorities and institutions with a view to dismantling
national, regional and international networks in trafficking;
"(d) By allocating resources to provide comprehensive programmes
designed to heal and rehabilitate into society victims of trafficking,
including through job training and the provision of legal assistance and
confidential health care, as well as by taking measures to cooperate with
non-governmental organizations to provide for the social, medical and
psychological care of the victims of trafficking;
"(e) By developing educational and training programmes and policies
and considering enacting legislation aimed at preventing sex tourism and
trafficking, giving special emphasis to the protection of young women and
children;
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