United Nations A/RES/57/176 General Assembly Distr.: General 30 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 102 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/549)] 57/176. Trafficking in women and girls The General Assembly, Reaffirming the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 2 the International Covenants on Human Rights, 3 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 4 the Convention on the Rights of the Child 5 and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, 6 Welcoming the adoption by the General Assembly of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 7 in particular the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, which entered into force on 18 January 2002, Welcoming also the adoption by the General Assembly of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 8 which entered into force on 22 December 2000, Recalling all previous resolutions on the problem of trafficking in women and girls adopted by the General Assembly, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on Human Rights and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as well as the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, 9 the conclusions on violence against women adopted on 13 March 1998 by the Commission on the _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). Resolution 34/180, annex. 3 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 4 Resolution 39/46, annex. 5 Resolution 44/25, annex. 6 See resolution 48/104. 7 See resolution 54/263. 8 Resolution 54/4, annex. 9 Resolution 317 (IV). 2 02 54978

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