Resolution 41/5. Traffic in women and girls* The Commission on the Status of Women, Reaffirming its faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,26 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,27 the International Covenants on Human Rights,33 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,34 the Convention on the Rights of the Child35 and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,31 Recalling the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others,36 Recalling also resolution 51/66 of 1996/24 of 19 April three bodies on the its resolution 40/4 of 22 March 1996,30 General Assembly 12 December 1996 and Commission on Human Rights resolution 1996,37 as well as all previous resolutions adopted by these subject of the traffic in women and girls, Recalling further, and concurring with the conclusions and recommendations of recent international conferences, including the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in 1993, the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen in 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in 1994, and the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, on the human rights of women and girl children, in particular with respect to the violation of those rights for the profit of recruiters, traffickers and crime syndicates, as well as other illegal activities related to trafficking, such as forced domestic labour, false marriages, child marriages, clandestine employment and false adoption, Recalling the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development,38 which, inter alia, called upon Governments of both receiving countries and countries of origin to adopt 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 traffic in women, youth and children, and called for Governments of countries of origin, where the activities of agents or other intermediaries in the migration process are legal, to regulate such activities * For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 144-146. 33 General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 34 General Assembly resolution 39/46, annex. 35 General Assembly resolution 44/25, annex. 36 General Assembly resolution 317 (IV). 37 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1996, Supplement No. 3 (E/1996/23), chap. II, sect. A. 38 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. -26-