A/RES/73/146. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/146
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES /73/ 146

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

18 Janu ary 201 9

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da item 29

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 17 December 2018

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/73/ 582)]

73/146. Trafficking in women a nd girls

The General Assembly ,

Reit erating i ts strong c ondemna tion of human tr afficking , especia lly traf ficking

in wome n a nd children , w hich const itutes a seriou s c rime and a grave offe nce to

huma n di gnity and physica l int egrity, a v iolation and abus e of hum an ri ghts and a

chall enge to sustaina ble dev elopment and whi ch requi res (a) the impl ementati on of a

comp rehensiv e approac h t hat includ es partner ships and me asures to pr event such

traff icking, to prosecut e and puni sh the traf fickers, t o identif y, p rotect an d support the

victi ms of such traffic king and to int ensify inter nationa l coope ration a nd (b) a

crim inal jus tice res ponse pr oportion ate to the serio us natu re of th e offence ,

Reca llin g all i nternati onal c onventi ons th at de al sp ecifical ly wit h and addr ess

issu es rele vant to the problem of tr affickin g in women and gir ls, suc h as the Un ited

Nati ons Co nventio n aga inst Tra nsnatio nal Or ganized Crime

1

an d the P rotocols

ther eto, in partic ular the Pro tocol to Prev ent, Suppr ess and Punis h Tr affickin g i n

Pers ons, E speciall y Wo men an d Chil dren, supp lementin g the Un ited N ations

Conv ention aga inst Transna tional Org anized Cri me,

2

a nd the Protoc ol agains t t he

Smug gling of Mig rants by Lan d, Sea and Air, supp lementi ng the United N ations

Conv ention ag ainst Trans national Orga nized Cri me,

3

the Con vention o n the

Elimi nation of All Fo rms o f Disc riminati on aga inst Wom en

4

a nd the O ptional

Proto col ther eto,

5

the Con vention on th e Rights of the Child

6

and the Opt ional

Proto col thereto on the sale of childre n, ch ild prostitu tion and child pornog raphy,

7

and th e Con vention fo r the S uppressi on of t he Traffi c in Pe rsons and o f the

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1

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol . 2225, N o. 39 574 .

2

Ibid., vol. 223 7, No . 395 74.

3

Ibid., vol. 224 1, No . 395 74.

4

Ibid., vol. 124 9, No . 203 78.

5

Ibid., vol. 213 1, No . 203 78.

6

Ibid., vol. 157 7, No . 275 31.

7

Ibid., vol. 217 1, No . 275 31.