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Opening session of Interactive Dialogue on “Fighting Human Trafficking: Partnership and Innovation to End Violence against Women and Children” – General Assembly
03 April 2012 http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2012/04/general-assembly-interactive-dialogue-on-fighting-human-trafficking-partnership-and-innovation-to-end-violence-against-women-and-children-english-2.html
(Part 2) Interactive Dialogue on “Fighting Human Trafficking: Partnership and Innovation to End Violence against Women and Children” 03 April 2012 http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2012/04/general-assembly-interactive-dialogue-on-fighting-human-trafficking-partnership-and-innovation-to-end-violence-against-women-and-children-english-2.html
In the afternoon the following member states spoke – Qatar, Bahrain, Australia, Malta, Bangladesh, Georgia, Cambodia, USA, Japan, Thailand, Luxemburg, Vietnam, Tanzania, Albania, Nicaragua, Malaysia, Mexico, Kurdistan and Argentina.
The President of the General Assembly H.E. Mr Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nassir and his wife contributed 10,000 dollars from their personal funds to the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking while Australia announced that they would contributed 200,000 dollars.
The address of Michelle Bachelet is on the UN Women Website in three languages
English: http://www.unwomen.org/2012/04/remarks-of-michellebachelet-fighting-human-trafficking-partnership-and-innovation-to-end-violence-against-women/ Spanish: http://www.unwomen.org/es/2012/04/remarks-of-michellebachelet-fighting-human-trafficking-partnership-and-innovation-to-end-violence-against-women/ French: http://www.unwomen.org/fr/2012/04/remarks-of-michellebachelet-fighting-human-trafficking-partnership-and-innovation-to-end-violence-against-women/
Madam Bachelet emphasised four points:
- Put human rights and justice for victims at the centre of efforts
- Place more focus on prevention, gender equality and women’s empowrnment, and zero tolerance for violence against women, including trafficking.
- Make the links between migration and trafficking.
- Support trafficking suvivors to be at the policy table so that they can testify and claim their rights and entitlements, and policy makers can listen and learn what needs to be done.
List to survivors tell their stories – Somaly Mam, President and Co-founder, Somaly Mam Foundation. Somaly was born in Cambodia and sold into a life of sexual slatery many times by a man who posed to be her grandfather. Rani Kong, Co-Founder, Tronie foundtion was also present.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially women and children Dr Joy Ngozi Ezeilo also address participants.
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