U.S condemn Saudi for trafficking
According to Asia Tribune:
For the past three years, the State Department has condemned Saudi Arabia for its policies on human trafficking, placing it in the category of most serious violators, or Tier 3 under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
Though sex trafficking also exists on a large scale in the USA.
UN.GIFT - United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking is an organised response to fight the organised crime of human trafficking.
The UN.GIFT website aims to be a platform for all of us who are concerned about this heinous crime, to share their opinions, experiences, and build an online community working to fight human trafficking.
The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) was conceived to join forces and coordinate the global fight on human trafficking, on the basis of foremost international agreement reached at the United Nations. To date over 110 countries have signed the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children that supplements the Palermo Convention against trans-national organized crime.
UN.GIFT was launched in March 2007 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with a grant made on behalf of the United Arab Emirates. It is managed in cooperation with the International Labour Organization (ILO); the International Organization for Migration (IOM); the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR); the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
UN.GIFT provides a framework for, and action by, all stakeholders—governments, business, academia, civil society and the media—so that they can support each other, work in partnership, and create effective tools to fight human trafficking.
The Global Initiative is based on a simple principle: human trafficking is a crime of such magnitude and atrocity that it cannot be dealt with successfully by any government alone.
This global problem requires a global, multi-stakeholder strategy that builds on national efforts throughout the world. To pave the way for this global strategy we must coordinate efforts already underway, increase knowledge, raise awareness and provide technical assistance; promote effective rights-based responses; utilize available resources and build capacity of state and non-state stakeholders; foster partnerships for joint action; and, above all, ensure everybody takes responsibility for this fight.
By encouraging and facilitating cooperation and coordination, UN.GIFT aims to create synergies among the anti-trafficking activities of UN agencies, international organizations and other stakeholders to develop the most efficient and cost-effective tools and best practices with which to combat human trafficking.
Comment by Tushar — December 23, 2007 @ 9:27 am