A/RES/53/116. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 1998

• Resolution Number: A/RES/53/116
• Session: 53rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

Resolution 217 A (III).

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Resolution 34/180, annex.

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Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

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Resolution 39/46, annex.

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Resolution 44/25, annex.

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Resolution 48/104.

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Resolution 317 (IV).

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A/RES/53/116

1 February 1999

Fifty-third session

Agenda item 103

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/53/618)]

53/116. Traffic in womenand girls

The General Assembly,

Reaffirming the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on

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the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Covenants on Human

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Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,

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the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against

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Women,6

Recalling the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the

Prostitution of Others,7