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Duarte Lopes

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2017-11-21

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2022-03-08

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1. “Portugal developed its first national plan against trafficking in human beings in 2007, with the involvement of the public sector and civil society. The third national plan against trafficking is currently being implemented and entails policy measures focused on prevention, awareness and research, education and training, criminal investigation and cooperation. Trafficking in human beings is one of the most abominable crimes against human dignity. Preventing and punishing trafficking in human beings is crucial to achieving a future of dignity and freedom for all our countries and all our peoples.”

   2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source

2. “In our world today, individuals are turned into commodities and their inherent human dignity is wiped out. Any intervention deemed effective must be based on common and coordinated efforts in the fields of prevention, awareness-raising, support and repression at the international, regional and national levels. It is a critical global issue that demands effective collective action. and those responsible must be submitted to justice. Portugal urges all delegations that have not yet done so to accede to and ratify the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime. The Protocol provides a broad basis for action against traffickers, as well as protection and assistance to victims.”

   2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source

3. “Every year, millions of men, women and children are victims of human trafficking for exploitation, including slavery, forced labour, the removal of organs and prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation. It is a complex reality, transnational in most cases. Trafficking in human beings is often exacerbated in situations of conflict and in humanitarian crises and is aggravated by poverty, gender inequality, unemployment, weak rule of law and poor governance. In recent years, and very acutely also some days ago, there have been disturbing reports about realities like slave markets that we would prefer to situate in the darkest corners of human history. We also note with concern that trafficking in persons, particularly women and girls, in situations of conflict has become an increasing trend and is often used as a war tactic.”

   2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source

4. “I would like to thank the Italian presidency of the Council for convening this open debate and to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the adoption of today's resolution 2388 (2017), which my country co-sponsored and which builds upon the momentum created by resolution 2331 (2016). I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons and the African Union's Commissioner for Peace and Security for their comprehensive presentations this morning. Portugal aligns itself with the statement already delivered by the observer of the European Union. Trafficking in human beings is one of the most serious violations of human rights and constitutes an offence to the dignity and integrity of the human being.”

   2017-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8111 (2017) · source