n the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery ... Millions of people living humiliation
Despite the great efforts made by governments, civil society and the international community, we still live in a world of slavery and practices similar to slavery. That millions of people live a life of humiliation and inhuman about the unthinkable. The debt bondage and serfdom and forced labor; and human trafficking and trafficking for the purpose of the removal of organs; and sexual exploitation, and the worst forms of child labor, forced marriage, and the sale of wives, inheritance of widows, and forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict - these are all the manifestation of slavery today. All crimes and gross violations of human rights. We need new strategies and measures that can unite the efforts of all actors concerned in order to eliminate contemporary forms of slavery. While the primary responsibility rests with governments, the private sector has played an integral role. He acknowledged the Human Rights Council, early this year, the guidelines for business and human rights, showing how it should be implemented by states and businesses within the United Nations, entitled «protection, respect and equity». I welcome this new global consensus in the views and the wide support he received from the business sector. Involve the responsibility of companies in the respect that to ensure their activities do not cause or contribute to the contemporary forms of slavery in the workplace, and to take steps to prevent their occurrence in the supply chain and other places. And is also working actively to United Nations Global Initiative to combat trafficking in human beings - which also includes the International Labour Organization and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Children's Fund and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Organization for Migration and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe - as well as the Global Compact (United Nations initiative on sustainability performance of companies), to encourage the private sector to play its role in raising awareness of contemporary forms of slavery and to take proactive steps to eliminate them. This year, the United Nations Fund for funds to combat contemporary forms of slavery had spent twenty years in helping victims to regain their independence and their lives and their dignity. The Fund has supported projects that provide vocational training, education, and legal advice, medical and psychological assistance. The Fund is also aimed at the social factors that can promote slavery. The Fund requires a minimum amount of $ 1.5 million in order to fulfill its mandate, is that less than one third of this amount has been received so far. I appeal, on the occasion of International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, all governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations and other partners to prove their commitment to the fight against slavery by providing a financial donation to the Fund, and to work together closely in order to end this scourge
Ban Ki-moon
Gulf Daily News - No. 3373 - Friday, December 2, 2011, corresponding to 07 Muharram 1433 AH
Despite the great efforts made by governments, civil society and the international community, we still live in a world of slavery and practices similar to slavery. That millions of people live a life of humiliation and inhuman about the unthinkable. The debt bondage and serfdom and forced labor; and human trafficking and trafficking for the purpose of the removal of organs; and sexual exploitation, and the worst forms of child labor, forced marriage, and the sale of wives, inheritance of widows, and forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict - these are all the manifestation of slavery today. All crimes and gross violations of human rights. We need new strategies and measures that can unite the efforts of all actors concerned in order to eliminate contemporary forms of slavery. While the primary responsibility rests with governments, the private sector has played an integral role. He acknowledged the Human Rights Council, early this year, the guidelines for business and human rights, showing how it should be implemented by states and businesses within the United Nations, entitled «protection, respect and equity». I welcome this new global consensus in the views and the wide support he received from the business sector. Involve the responsibility of companies in the respect that to ensure their activities do not cause or contribute to the contemporary forms of slavery in the workplace, and to take steps to prevent their occurrence in the supply chain and other places. And is also working actively to United Nations Global Initiative to combat trafficking in human beings - which also includes the International Labour Organization and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Children's Fund and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Organization for Migration and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe - as well as the Global Compact (United Nations initiative on sustainability performance of companies), to encourage the private sector to play its role in raising awareness of contemporary forms of slavery and to take proactive steps to eliminate them. This year, the United Nations Fund for funds to combat contemporary forms of slavery had spent twenty years in helping victims to regain their independence and their lives and their dignity. The Fund has supported projects that provide vocational training, education, and legal advice, medical and psychological assistance. The Fund is also aimed at the social factors that can promote slavery. The Fund requires a minimum amount of $ 1.5 million in order to fulfill its mandate, is that less than one third of this amount has been received so far. I appeal, on the occasion of International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, all governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations and other partners to prove their commitment to the fight against slavery by providing a financial donation to the Fund, and to work together closely in order to end this scourge
Ban Ki-moon
Gulf Daily News - No. 3373 - Friday, December 2, 2011, corresponding to 07 Muharram 1433 AH
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