U.N. Launches Global Plan of Action Against Trafficking in Persons
With thousands of people forced into labor, servitude or the sex trade each year, the United Nations General Assembly formally launched the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons on August 31, 2010, one month after its adoption…
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as a consensus resolution outlining the terms of the Plan. “With this Global Action Plan, the UN has announced its steadfast commitment to stop human trafficking,” said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The release states that human trafficking was among the worst human rights violations and constituted “slavery in the modern age”. No country was immune — almost all played a part, either as a source of trafficked people, transit point or destination.