A/RES/71/322. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Year: 2017
• Resolution Number: A/RES/71/322
• Session: 71st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/71/322

General Assembly

Distr.: General

25 September 2017

Seventy-first session

Agenda item 106

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 September 2017

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/71/L.80 and Add.1)]

71/322. Streng thening and promoting effective measures

and i nternational coo peration on orga n donation

and transplantation to prevent and combat trafficking

in persons fo r the purpose of organ remov al

and traffic king in hu man o rgans

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firmi ng the purpo ses and p rinciple s of the Char ter o f the Uni ted Nations

and t he Univ ersal D eclarati on of Hu man Rig hts,

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Reca lling the 2 030 Ag enda for S ustainab le Dev elopme nt,

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and recog nizing its

integ rated a nd indiv isible n ature,

Reaf firmi ng the com mitments by Me mber States to take imm ediate and

effec tive mea sures to eradic ate all forms of traffick ing in p ersons,

Reca llin g its reso lutions 59/156 of 20 D ecember 20 04, entitl ed “Preve nting,

comb ating and p unishi ng tra ffickin g in human organs” and 70/179 of 17 Dec ember

2015 , entitle d “Impr oving th e coordi nation o f efforts a gainst t rafficki ng in

pers ons”, as well as Commi ssion on Crime Pre ventio n an d C riminal Jus tice

reso lutions 23/2 of 1 6 May 20 14

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and 25/1 of 2 7 May 20 16

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on p reventi ng and

comb ating traffic king in human organs and t rafficki ng in person s for t he purp ose of

orga n remov al,

Reaf firmi ng the U nited Natio ns Convent ion agains t Tr ansnati onal Organi zed

Crim e

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and th e Protoco l to Prevent , Suppres s and Punis h Tr affick ing in Pers ons,

Espe cially Wo men and Childre n, supp lementi ng the Unit ed Natio ns Con vention

agai nst Transn ational Organiz ed Crime ,

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Resolution 217 A (III).

2

Resolution 70/1.

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See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2014, Supplement No. 10 (E/2014/30), chap. I,

sect. D.

4

Ibid., 2016, Supplement No. 10 (E/2016/30), chap. I, sect. D.

5

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, No. 39574.

6

Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.