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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 APRIL 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
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08 APRIL 2025, NEW YORK CITY
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Thresa May, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Chair of the Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking:
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the very foundation upon which the United Nations stands, adopted in 1948, clearly and unequivocally prohibits slavery and servitude. And yet, as we gather here today, an estimated 50 million men, women and children are trapped in slavery across the globe. My message to you today is that we must act, and we must act now. If we fail to do so, millions more people will be trapped in exploitation. Millions more lives will be at risk.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Thresa May, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Chair of the Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking:
“The factors that make people vulnerable to modern slavery and human trafficking are growing, fueled by the escalating global challenges of climate change, forced displacement and conflict. Consider for example communities devastated by climate-induced floods and droughts, their livelihoods destroyed, forcing them through economic necessity into the cruel hands of exploiters. Think of the millions displaced by armed conflict, so often women and children, who face unimaginable poverty, making them targets for sex traffickers or those who profit from forced labor, or those who recruit child soldiers.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Philemon Yang, President of the United Nations General Assembly:
“We must tackle the very situations that conspire to keep people in vulnerability, for instance, poverty, climate change, conflict and instability, irregular migration, inequality including on the basis of gender, race and other factors, and lack of access to education, health care, markets and social protections designed to lift all people up, not leave some behind.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Philemon Yang, President of the United Nations General Assembly:
“Efficiency hinges on each Member State’s ability to implement the frameworks at hand. This is why partnerships with civil society, the private sector and others are critical to our success. Together, we must allocate the resources. We must take a stronger stand against modern slavery and human trafficking.”
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The Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking today (08 Apr) unveiled comprehensive findings and recommendations from the Global Commission which address the global challenges of modern slavery and human trafficking.
Participants addressed the rise in modern slavery and human trafficking caused by the forced displacement of people due to conflict, organized crime and climate change, and in corporate supply chains. They also offered insights into current trends, effective interventions, and policy frameworks.
According to the report, there are still an estimated 50 million men, women and children trapped in slavery around the world. The stark reality of this level of individual suffering raises the questions: why is this still happening? What has gone wrong and what does the global community need to do to ensure this injustice finally ends?
Grappling with these questions, the report examines the causes of vulnerability to modern slavery and human trafficking and sets out clear recommendations for urgent action.
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