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1. “That is the highest number recorded by UNODC since we started monitoring. Most of that opium originates in Afghanistan, where, as the Security Council is well aware, opium poppy cultivation and production have reached unprecedented levels. That situation clearly has a high destabilizing potential for the country, the wider region and the international community. Last month, UNODC released a socioeconomic study that complements the annual Afghanistan Opium Survey. The study clearly underlines the multiple challenges to sustainable development, peace and security posed by opium. The linkages with terrorism and other forms of crime have also been widely acknowledged, including by the Council. Those problems require long-term engagement and solutions in order to achieve results.”

   2018-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8294 (2018) · source

2. “At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your successful presidency of the Security Council and on its convening of this very timely consideration of the issue of Afghanistan today in the Security Council. I also thank you for inviting me to this meeting. (spoke in English) When I last addressed the Security Council on the counter-narcotics challenges and responses in Afghanistan in December 2017 (see S/PV.8147), I highlighted the urgent need to step up international action. In half an hour, I will join the President of the General Assembly to launch the World Drug Report 2018, which is the flagship publication of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The findings of the report indicate that last year, the total global opium production increased by 65 per cent to the amount of 10,500 tons.”

   2018-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8294 (2018) · source

3. “I would therefore like to take this opportunity to urge the international community to enable UNODC and other international agencies to provide the comprehensive support Guinea-Bissau needs to address drug and crime threats, in line with resolution 2404 (2018), to help re-establish momentum towards progress. UNODC remains at the Council's disposal.”

   2018-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8261 (2018) · source

4. “The Bijagos archipelago of 88 islands further exposes Guinea-Bissau to criminal activities due to the difficulties of controlling vast territorial waters. Transnational organized crime, coupled with a challenging political and security environment, law enforcement capacity gaps and resource constraints, represents a clear threat to Guinea-Bissau, the region and beyond. Combating drug trafficking and dismantling criminal networks clearly requires specialized assistance, and it also requires funds. Despite our intense efforts to mobilize resources, funding for UNODC activities in Guinea-Bissau was drastically reduced in 2017. Our Office must rely solely on project funding, even to carry out urgently needed technical assistance. However, donors remain reluctant to engage in Guinea-Bissau in view of the current political situation.”

   2018-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8261 (2018) · source

5. “We will continue supporting the judicial police and nationally owned inter-service elite units that have been established and proven to be successful, namely, the transnational crime unit and the joint airport interdiction task force. That support for detection and investigative skills should encompass intelligence-gathering and analysis, profiling techniques and the sharing of operational information at national, regional and international levels. Secondly, we need to help counter-illicit financial flows. UNODC is ready to respond to the request received from Guinea-Bissau's financial intelligence unit to provide technical assistance to fight money laundering and prevent and counter illicit financial flows. Thirdly, we need to strengthen law enforcement responses to maritime crime.”

   2018-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8261 (2018) · source

6. “Since its establishment, the transnational crimes unit has investigated 70 cases of drug trafficking, with 113 persons prosecuted and 71 kilogrammes of cocaine and 1,353 kilogrammes of cannabis seized. Thanks to mentoring under UNODC'S AIRCOP at Bissau airport, five passengers attempting to smuggle cocaine were arrested in April. Those are just two examples of the positive impact that capacity- building can have as part of integrated support to strengthen criminal justice responses and promote peace and security. UNODC has developed a technical assistance package for Guinea-Bissau, with clearly identifies areas of intervention. First, we need to do more to build capacities.”

   2018-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8261 (2018) · source

7. “Mr. Fedotov: I would like to thank the Security Council for its continued attention to the threats posed by drug trafficking and other forms of transnational organized crime to peace and stability in Guinea- Bissau. As the Council recognized in resolution 2404 (2018), the Government oquinea-Bissau, the Economic Community of West African States, the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and other partners are working together to address those urgent challenges. That includes support to the transnational crime unit established under the West Africa Coast Initiative, the joint airport interdiction task force under the Airport Communication Project (AIRCOP) and the trafficking in persons brigade of the judicial police.”

   2018-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8261 (2018) · source

8. “We are currently seeking to step up regional and interregional action to counter the increases in opium cultivation and production and respond to related threats of crime, terrorism and corruption. That includes comprehensive and inclusive support to implement the Afghan National Drug Action Plan 2015-2019, with Afghanistan in the lead. But we cannot succeed without the engagement and renewed commitment, including financial commitments, of Member States. The international community cannot afford to do less. I thank the Council for the attention that it has given to this urgent problem. As always, UNODC stands ready to support the Council.”

   2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source

9. “Fourthly, we must continue to build the interdiction capacities of key countries along trafficking routes with an eye to enhancing long-term effectivenessm, rather than focusing on immediate seizures. Fifthly, we need to intercept illicit financial flows and support effective prosecution, as well as asset confiscation and asset recovery. Finally, prevention and treatment responses must be urgently scaled up, most of all in Afghanistan, which continues to struggle with the severe health consequences of opiate misuse. UNODC is working with Afghanistan, neighbouring countries and the wider region to promote the integrated responses needed, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and the recommendations of the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem.”

   2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source

10. “That includes promoting alternative development in order to create newjobs, as well as access to education, financial services and markets for farmers and their families. Secondly, in order to ensure effective operational responses to reduce supply, we must focus on all aspects of counter-narcotics capacity-building in Afghanistan, including support for intelligence-led investigations, controlled delivery, eradication programmes, the dismantling of opium processing labs, integrated border management, financial intelligence units and law enforcement, as well as prosecutorial capacities, in order to disrupt criminal networks. Thirdly, we need to further strengthen regional and international cooperation in order to stop precursor chemicals from being diverted and trafficked into Afghanistan for the purpose of manufacturing heroin.”

    2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source

11. “At the 2016 Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, partners of Afghanistan endorsed the ambitious reform agenda presented by the Afghan Government and pledged continued political and financial funding to support the country on its path towards stability and development. Nevertheless, we must recognize that in recent years attention has progressively shifted away from the threats posed by drugs. We must reverse that trend or risk the further expansion and destabilizing influence of non-State actors, organized criminal groups and violent terrorists. What priority steps need to be taken? First and foremost, comprehensive counter- narcotics programmes that mainstream drugs in national development agendas are essential.”

    2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source

12. “Let us make no mistake - we are facing a genuine crisis and our response must be urgent, swift and decisive. The expected surge in high-quality, low-cost heroin may have a number of negative consequences for Afghanistan, its neighbours and many other transit or destination countries. Increased opiate consumption and related harms may be expected in many parts ofthe world. Afghanistan and the international community have struggled for many years to address the formidable challenges posed by drugs and the related threats of organized crime, terrorism and corruption. Recent analysis confirms the interregional links between organized crime and terrorist groups that exploit drug trafficking.”

    2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source

13. “Mr. Fedotov: Like my friend and colleague, Mr. Yamomoto, I addressed the Council on Afghanistan a year ago (see S/PV.7844). At that debate, I reported that the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2016 of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) showed a worrying reversal in efforts to counter the problem of illicit drugs and highlighted the need to address that destructive threat. Today, one year later, the situation has become much worse. Our Afghanistan Opium Survey 2017 shows unprecedented highs in opium poppy cultivation and production. Estimated production is up by almost 90 per cent to 9,000 metric tons. The area under poppy cultivation has risen to 328,000 hectares. Those are absolute records in the entire history of Afghanistan.”

    2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source

14. “UNODC's research and technical assistance capacities, reinforced by our network of field offices, remains at your entire disposal, Sir, to support such action.”

    2017-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8119 (2017) · source

15. “The list of key actions outlined in the brochure entitled Protecting Cultural Heritage - An Imperative for Humanity, which was developed by the Governments of Italy and Jordan with UNODC, UNESCO and INTERPOL, also remains highly relevant. I urge all Member States to use these expert resources. Even as we welcome news that groups such as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant are losing control over territories, we must take the opportunity to further strengthen efforts to better safeguard vulnerable cultural property in various areas of conflict, as well as pursue longer-term measures to prevent terrorists and criminals from profiting from trafficking. Only in that way can we protect precious cultural heritage from being lost forever.”

    2017-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8119 (2017) · source

16. “That includes specialized knowledge for region-specific types of cultural property and methods to detect shipments containing such goods, as well as criminal intelligence training and support. We also continue to support anti-corruption and anti-money laundering action and to provide technical assistance to prevent and counter terrorism financing, including through the illicit sale of antiquities. The International Guidelines for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Responses with Respect to Trafficking in Cultural Property and Other Related Offences, adopted by the General Assembly in 2014, represent a comprehensive reference for implementing the needed crime prevention and criminal justice responses. UNODC has developed an assistance tool to help put the guidelines into practice.”

    2017-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8119 (2017) · source

17. “That includes sharing such information with international organizations engaged in this fight. The art market and museums should pay special attention to the provenance of cultural items that they are considering for acquisition, or with which they otherwise come into contact. Governments can help them to ensure that this care is diligently exercised. UNODC remains fully engaged in working with our partners to support countries to build capacities and provide technical assistance. The UNODC-World Customs Organization Container Control Programme has developed advanced training to better position port control units to detect and interdict illicitly trafficked cultural heritage.”

    2017-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8119 (2017) · source

18. “The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has worked closely with UNESCO, INTERPOL, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law and other international partners to assist Member States in promoting comprehensive responses and stopping looted or stolen cultural property from being trafficked from the affected countries. Looking ahead, we need to do more to support countries to detect stolen cultural property with a view to dismantling criminal networks. We must build up international cooperation in investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating cases related to trafficking in cultural property. We must also work to further promote the exchange of information on measures taken at the national level, including relevant criminal cases.”

    2017-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8119 (2017) · source

19. “Mr. Fedotov: I thank you, Sir, for inviting me to participate in this very important meeting of the Council. I would like to thank the Security Council, under the presidency of Italy, for its continued vigilance and attention to the need to stop the destruction, looting, trafficking and sale of cultural heritage by terrorists and organized criminals. As the Security Council and General Assembly have recognized, we have a strong international framework in place. I take this opportunity to urge the international community to maintain focus on strengthening the effective implementation of almost universally agreed instruments, such as the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption.”

    2017-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8119 (2017) · source

20. “I welcome the recent contributions of Italy and other States to the Trust Fund and call on everyone to follow their example. Greater coordination is needed among the United Nations family, and the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) can help achieve that goal, as recently acknowledged by the General Assembly. To give new impetus to the joint work and efforts of ICAT partner members, UNODC is considering convening a meeting at the principals' level in 2018. UNODC stands ready to provide further briefings to the Security Council on the implementation of the draft resolution to be adopted later today, as well as to work closely with it to end this heinous crime.”

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

21. “Early-warning and early-screening initiatives must be used proactively, while offering victims, especially women and children, protection and affording them the assistance to which they are entitled. UNODC's response to resolution 2331 (2016) has been extensive, including help to disrupt and dismantle networks and tackle connected crimes, such as money- laundering and corruption. We have designed tools for United Nations bodies in conflict situations, enhanced data-collection processes, engaged in developing training of police officers seconded to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, assisted victims under the umbrella of the Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking and helped States to implement the Trafficking in Persons Protocol, among many other actions.”

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

22. “Thanks to the Security Council's efforts and the United Nations system's work, including the General Assembly's recent review of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, there is forward momentum against this crime. The international community's resolve needs to be translated into action across all regional processes and initiatives. Such efforts are firmly rooted in international law. The Palermo Convention and its Protocols provide that solid legal foundation. I encourage parties to those treaties to strengthen international cooperation, develop comprehensive legislation and ensure that no offender escapes justice.”

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

23. “We can build partnerships among States of the region against this crime, and improve the capacity of the law enforcement authorities of Libya and other countries to investigate the finances flowing from these crimes. UNODC, as part of a complete response, is prepared to engage with the Libyan Government. In more general terms, the widespread and systematic violations of people's fundamental rights in mass movements continue to be a cause for grave concern. As the Secretary-General mentioned, Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and other terrorist groups are exploiting young boys and girls as sexual slaves or soldiers.”

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

24. “We were all outraged by images showing that criminals are openly operating slave markets in Libya, where people are sold like commodities. Ijoin the Secretary-General in condemning these appalling acts, and take note of the assurances given by the Libyan Government that this case is being investigated. Our collective horror at this news serves an important purpose; it can quicken the pace of our actions and encourage a global partnership against human trafficking. What can we do? We can strengthen Libyan law enforcement capacities to investigate and prosecute the criminals, and align national laws to the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime; its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; and its Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.”

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

25. “Mr. Fedotov: Today's meeting demonstrates the Security Council's strong commitment to confronting the crime oftrafficking in persons in conflict and post- conflict situations. I thank the Italian presidency for its initiative and for inviting the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to brief the Council. This meeting is also crucial, as it examines the progress made in implementing resolution 2331 (2016). The draft resolution to be adopted today (S/2017/ 973) sets new goals and targets in combating human trafficking. Since the Council's last meeting on this topic (see S/PV.7898), large movements of vulnerable refugees and migrants, driven out by conflict, have continued to be exploited by traffickers.”

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

26. “We look forward to working closely with the new Office for Counter-Terrorism, recently established by the Secretary-General, to ensure that our work is as efficient and effective as possible and better coordinated through the United Nations system. UNODC welcomes the draft resolution to be adopted today by the Council (S/2017/659) and will take it as important guidance to further advance our efforts to respond to this threat.”

    2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source

27. “UNODC remains fully engaged in providing comprehensive support through our integrated country, regional and global programmes and network of field offices, in coordination with our United Nations partners and other partners, including INTERPOL. Our Global Container Control Programme with the World Customs Organization in particular is helping to detect and stop illicit trade within the global supply chain at sea and air ports. We are supporting Governments in their efforts to curb corruption and money-laundering as well as combat cybercrime and the exploitation of the Internet for terrorist purposes, all of which represent critical elements of an integrated response aimed at preventing and disrupting terrorism and organized crime.”

    2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source

28. “The Office also took part in a briefing of the Counter-Terrorism Committee on this topic in May, and we are in discussions with the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate to explore synergies for joint action. However, many challenges remain in preventing, detecting, investigating and successfully prosecuting illicit trafficking in weapons, including inadequate regulatory environments and data collection; lack of specialized skills and equipment; and lack of coordination within and among countries and regions. Looking ahead, we need to further strengthen cross- border partnerships and operational responses, promote the involvement of diverse stakeholders, including the private sector, and step up tailored assistance to address gaps in capacity.”

    2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source

29. “We support the implementation of the Firearms Protocol to prevent and combat the illicit manufacturing and diversion of and trafficking in firearms and ammunition, and to enhance States' capacities to go after criminal organizations engaged in the illicit firearms business and related forms of transnational organized crime. This includes enhancing national policies and legislation as well as firearms management and collection and destruction activities; technical assistance tools and capacity-building; and promoting and facilitating international cooperation and information exchange. Through our Global Firearms Programme, UNODC is working in key parts of the world, including the Maghreb and the Sahel as well as the Western Balkans, to strengthen the fight against illicit trafficking in firearms and its links to terrorism.”

    2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source

30. “UNODC also supports the implementation of the international instruments against terrorism, the conventions on corruption and drugs, and United Nations standards and norms on crime prevention and criminal justice. Seven of the nineteen international legal instruments related to counter-terrorism address the criminalization of conducts by non-State actors regarding chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, as well as nuclear and other radioactive material. UNODC also works closely with the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and its Group of Experts to prevent the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by non-State actors.”

    2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source

31. “Furthermore, the Security Council has highlighted the growing threat to international peace and security posed by the nexus of organized crime and terrorism, with terrorist groups benefiting from crime and from links with organized criminal networks. Preventing weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists thus presents complex challenges requiring integrated, multifaceted criminal-justice responses. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is entrusted with promoting the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, including its Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition.”

    2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source

32. “Mr. Fedotov: Allow me to begin by commending the presidency of Egypt for holding a meeting on this very important and timely topic. As the Security Council has recognized on several occasions, preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons, including conventional arms as well as weapons of mass destruction, is essential to countering terrorism. Terrorists obtain weapons by many means, in all parts of the world, facilitated by access to poorly secured stockpiles; weak border management; the use of online platforms, including hidden marketplaces; and diversion linked to poor transfer controls. Illicit weapons trafficking is often associated with other forms of organized crime.”

    2017-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8017 (2017) · source

33. “UNODC'S experience and research expertise in confronting transnational organized crime, corruption and terrorism remain at the Council's disposal to stop criminals and terrorists from profiting from the destruction and theft of our shared cultural heritage.”

    2017-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7907 (2017) · source

34. “But we need to operationalize commitments more effectively, and we need Member States to provide more resources in the spirit of shared responsibility. In response, UNODC is seeking to shed more light on the dimensions of this crime to help the international community better target joint action. We are pursuing funding for aproject, in cooperation with UNESCO and other partners, to undertake a global study to, first, identify the main trafficking routes, modus operandi, extent and patterns involved and, secondly, to determine the critical criminal justice challenges countries are facing and to provide tailored assistance. I hope we can rely on members' support.”

    2017-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7907 (2017) · source

35. “This framework, alongside international instruments developed under the auspices of UNESCO and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, can help ensure that national legal frameworks can deal with this crime; that investigative agencies are set up and able to act; that law enforcement and judicial officers have the training they need; that sound border management, as well as customs and anti-money-laundering controls, are in place; that international cooperation is supported; and that public and private actors, including museums, dealers and the tourism sector, assume their responsibilities. We have treaties. We have tools. We have guidelines. And we have training materials.”

    2017-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7907 (2017) · source

36. “They are applicable to organized crime, corruption and terrorism, and they provide the framework the international community needs and can use to prevent, criminalize, investigate and prosecute trafficking in cultural property, as well as its use to finance terrorist groups and to support return and restitution. Those conventions, which apply at all times, represent important foundations in peacebuilding and post-conflict interventions. they are our best hope for preventing and countering this crime and bringing perpetrators to justice. The full implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption is especially essential, as trafficking relies on corrupt officials and dealers to enable looted items to cross borders and be offered for sale.”

    2017-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7907 (2017) · source

37. “UNODC is providing technical assistance and capacity-building and facilitating international cooperation to prevent and combat trafficking in cultural property. That includes support to implement the International Guidelines for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Responses with Respect to Trafficking in Cultural Property and other Related Offences, adopted by the General Assembly in 2014. Our support to Member States has its firm foundation in the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. Those conventions enjoy near universal membership.”

    2017-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7907 (2017) · source

38. “The destruction of landmarks - such as the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the Roman monuments in Palmyra and shrines and mosques in Tikrit and Mosul - are reprehensible attempts to erase human history. But the destruction and looting are also generating profits for terrorists through trafficking, carried out in collusion with organized crime groups. Those profits fund further acts of terrorism and enable yet more destruction and looting of cultural sites and archaeological treasures. This crime cannot be allowed to continue unabated. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been working in close cooperation with ourpartners at UNESCO, as well as with INTERPOL, the World Customs Organization and others, to strengthen national, regional and international responses.”

    2017-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7907 (2017) · source

39. “Mr. Fedotov: At the outset, allow me to ask you, Mr. President, to convey my heartfelt condolences to the British Government and the people of the United Kingdom on the occasion of the terrorist attack in the centre of London. Our sympathies are with the families of the victims of this barbaric act. The adoption today of resolution 2347 (2017) and the Security Council's continued commitment has helped to keep the spotlight on the involvement of terrorist groups and organized crime networks in the destruction, looting, trafficking and sale of cultural heritage. The need for action is more urgent than ever in the face of the mass destruction of heritage sites in Syria and Iraq and the seizure of thousands of objects near the borders of those countries, which may represent just the tip of the iceberg.”

    2017-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7907 (2017) · source

40. “The best way we can swiftly improve action against trafficking and protect the vulnerable is to fully implement and make use of the frameworks we have worked so hard to build and more effectively deploy the tools we have painstakingly crafted to confront human trafficking in all its forms. As the Secretary- General has so eloquently said, this is an issue that can, and should, unite us. The Security Council's continued support for our work is essential.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

41. “We are helping to build capacities to disrupt organized crime and terrorist groups, including through intelligence sharing, financial investigations and coordination within and across borders. We are working with our United Nations partners, including the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, to mainstream responses to human trafficking in efforts to address the conflict cycle. Furthermore, UNODC is seeking to strengthen United Nations coordination through the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons. UNODC and its partners will hold a Group briefing to Member States in New York on Friday, which I hope members will attend. Clearly, international responses to human trafficking continue to fall short, and we cannot accept the status quo.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

42. “That event offers a chance to discuss and advance efforts against trafficking in conflict situations, and I hope members will take advantage of that opportunity. I also hope that Member States, the private sector and all those concerned will help us provide a much higher level of direct assistance through the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, a facility that was established under the Global Plan of Action. As always, UNODC remains engaged in supporting members to improve responses to human trafficking. We are assisting with the identification and protection of trafficking victims among refugees and displaced persons.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

43. “Thirdly, anti-trafficking laws should not only criminalize trafficking but also provide for the protection and support of victims. Fourthly, countries must devote more resources to identifying and assisting victims, tailored to the challenges of conflict zones and large movements of refugees and migrants. Fifthly, we must continue building capacities to improve criminal justice responses and action to detect, investigate and successfully prosecute cases of human trafficking. In October, Member States will appraise the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, which the Secretary-General mentioned and which the General Assembly adopted in 2010 to support the implementation of the Protocol and to coordinate national responses.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

44. “To protect those exploited, and to hold criminals to account, they could take some concrete, immediate steps. First, there is a clear need to make the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol against Trafficking in Persons more operational. That means developing comprehensive legal frameworks to encourage and facilitate cross- border cooperation and responses to human trafficking and the organized crime that perpetuates it. It also means putting in place a mechanism that would allow for a review of the implementation of the Convention and its Protocols. Secondly, some countries' national laws may apply to the actions of their citizens abroad, including in conflict zones, which could be used to bring perpetrators to justice.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

45. “The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2016 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons confirms that migrants from countries with a high level of organized crime, or that are affected by conflicts, are more vulnerable to trafficking, as well as violence, abuse and other forms of exploitation. As conflict displaces countless people, as the rule of law breaks down and as cooperation between countries falters, criminals see a clear business opportunity. For organized crime networks, human trafficking is a low- risk, high-reward criminal business - a perception that is reinforced by the inexcusably low conviction rates still reported around the world. States can, and must, do more to prevent people from falling victim to traffickers.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

46. “Mr. Fedotov: My thanks go to the Security Council and to the United Kingdom presidency for their unflagging attention to the crime of human trafficking in conflict situations. We continue to witness criminals and terrorists exploiting instability and vulnerability. As the Secretary-General has just observed, human trafficking thrives where the rule of law is weak or non-existent. Armed groups are engaging in human trafficking, capturing and coercing young girls and boys into sexual slavery or to be used as child soldiers. Organized-crime networks are preying on the many thousands of people on the move.”

    2017-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7898 (2017) · source

47. “UNODC is committed to doing our part to support the Security Council, to integrate action against human trafficking, to promote justice and accountability, and to protect the victimized and vulnerable.”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

48. “UNODC is helping countries to enhance the identification and protection of trafficking victims among refugees and displaced persons fleeing conflict in the Middle East and Africa, and we hope to expand this work in future. At the same time, strategic law- enforcement action must target upstream organized criminals through intelligence-sharing,joint operations, financial investigations and coordination within and across borders. The full arsenal of tools that we have to disrupt organized crime networks and terrorist groups and to fight money laundering and counter-terrorism financing must be deployed. Criminals exploit weakness. Gaps in our responses abet impunity and leave defenceless people exposed.”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

49. “Tomorrow UNODC will present its 2016 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, which it is mandated to do by the General Assembly and which provides a snapshot of the state of national responses to the challenges of human trafficking. The report, based on reliable data and information provided by Member States, establishes that an increasing number of trafficking victims from conflict-affected countries such as Syria, Iraq and Somalia have been detected in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The report also features a thematic chapter on the connections between conflict, migration and trafficking. I hope that all present will join us tomorrow at the launch. Looking ahead, I would like to highlight the urgent need for countries to improve identification and referral processes tailored to the challenges of conflict zones and mass movements.”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

50. “However, the Palermo Convention and the Protocol could serve as a platform for a vast collective response to many of the challenges raised by today's debate. What we really need is to strengthen existing frameworks, which represent a solid foundation of international law and years of painstaking operational cooperation that we can build upon to act against modern-day slave traders, including in situations of conflict and wherever we find such activities taking place. The report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/949) details the efforts of the United Nations system to support Member States in improving the implementation of this international law instrument.”

    2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source