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Teresa Shaw - Resolution 2 - Human Trafficking; The Republic of Iraq
Topic Started: Jan 5 2011, 04:22 PM (177 Views)
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Committee: Human Rights Committee
Subject: Human Trafficking
Proposed by: Iraq 3C

1) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

2) Fully Aware that an estimated 700,000-900,000 people are victims of human trafficking
3)around the world,

4) Deeply Concerned of the fact that 80% of trafficked victims are women and children, with up
5) to 50% of them under the age of 18 years old,

6) Concerned that currently, around 161 countries are identified as being affected by human
7) trafficking, making it the second fastest criminal industry just behind drug dealing,

8) Realizing that the main reason of the globalization of human trafficking is because of the
9) profitable industry--with the industry making 32 billion dollars per year and because
10) of the high demand of cheap, exploitable workers in agricultural, industrial, and construction
11) sectors,

12) Taking note that many people and families in poverty, particularly the ones found in
13) developing countries, are selling their children and wives in order to earn money from this
14) industry,

15) Noting with deep concern that there is not enough awareness and education about human
16) trafficking around the world, with barely any news related to this issue ever being reported
17) in the media,

18) Taking into account that human trafficking is a hard issue to resolve worldwide, with many
19) traffickers in developing countries having close ties with the police--making it hard for
20) the government to catch traffickers and punish them with the law,

21) 1. Requests that all countries, developing countries in particular, to provide:
22) a) a better law system that criminalizes those who practice trafficking
23) b) basic needs such as food, water, shelter, and infrastructure to those in poverty
24) c) improved security and law officials by educating them in penalizing and prosecuting
25) offenders in order to avoid corruption;

26) 2. Emphasizes the importance of awareness towards human trafficking with many people
27) believing that human trafficking is the best way in order to earn money for themselves or
28) their family without fully understanding the danger of the industry;

29) 3. Calls for all countries to educate their citizens of this matter more by:
30) a) teaching students the problems of human trafficking
31) b) reporting the problem of human trafficking in the media;

32) 4. Encourages that all countries ratify or pass the following conventions/laws to help prevent
33) human trafficking:
34) a) Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
35) b) Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women
36) c) Convention on the Rights of the Children
37) d) Convention against Torture and other Cruel Inhumane, or Degrading Treatment or
38) Punishment
39) e) The Anti-trafficking legislation ;

40) 5. Draws attention to the fact that many victims of human trafficking are unable to escape
41) from this industry because they are scared of what others would think of them or because
42) they don't have sufficient evidence to push a lawsuit against the trafficker;

43) 6. Reminds that the main importance is the victim of human trafficking and hopes that
44) offenders of this issue is punished as quickly and carefully as possible.




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APPROVED

I think the last clause could have been worded a little better, but that's just me being technical. Good job overall.
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