At the Initiative of Belarus UN General Assembly Adopts a Resolution on Fighting Trafficking in Persons

On October 19, 2006 the Third Commission of the UN General Assembly in New York unanimously passed the resolution “Improving the coordination of efforts in fighting against trafficking in persons”, initiated by Belarus. 20 countries from all over the world became co-sponsors of the resolution.

The Belarusian resolution evoked tremendous interest among delegations who stressed the relevance of the resolution and good organization of negotiations.

The resolution calls upon all countries, international organizations and international community to build a global partnership on fighting trafficking in persons with an intention to eliminate all existing forms of slavery, protection of its victims and prevention of trafficking in persons.

The document presupposes the creation of a simple and effective coordination mechanism of actions of all interested international organizations. The group for inter-agency coordination established by the resolution will represent such a mechanism. The group will function in Vienna and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime will ensure its activity. Interested states are also invited to take an active part in its actions.

The consensus adoption of the Belarusian resolution demonstrates that the international community has unanimously supported the proposals of Belarus to improve coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons.

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