The Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons remains a keystone of our
collective action. This appraisal and the draft political declaration we are about to adopt can help to take that commitment forward and to sharpen responses to an odious crime that continues to exploit and victimi…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)stands in solidarity with all gathered here to promote justice and better protect vulnerable women, children and men on the move who are subjected to violence, abuse and exploitation. We cannot allow the biggest migration and refugee crisis since t…
I would like to echo your words, Mr. President, and those of the Secretary-General in highlighting the importance of this high-level meeting. The event is indeed timely. It has been 10 years since the entry into force of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Pro…
I am grateful for this opportunity to add my voice to those of the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General, as well as my colleagues Helen Clark and Navi Pillay, in support of the rule of law as a central building block at the national and international levels. The declaration ju…
