23rd plenary meeting

4 May 1982

Suppression of the traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others

The Economic and Social Council,

Considering the terms of General Assembly resolution 317 (IV) of 2 December 1949,

Referring to resolution l (XXVII) of 4 April 1978 of the Commission on the Status of Women,

Recalling its resolutions 1980/4 of l6 April 1980 and 198l/40 of 8 May 198l,

Taking into account the work of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and the report on its thirty-fourth session,

Having taken note of the report presented orally to the Commission on the Status of Women at its twenty-ninth session,

Aware of the contribution that the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs can make by reason of its interdisciplinary competence,

Convinced that the scope of the problem raised by the traffic in persons, women and children requires consultation and co-ordination by all the competent agencies in the United Nations system or outside the system - the regional commissions, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organisation, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Tourism Organization, INTERPOL and non-governmental organizations interested in this problem,

Requests the Secretary-General to appoint a special rapporteur who, within existing budgetary resources, will make a synthesis of the surveys and studies on the traffic in persons and the exploitation of the prostitution of others that have been or are being carried out within the agencies in the United Nations system or outside the system, and will present that synthesis and propose appropriate measures to prevent and suppress those practices that are contrary to the fundamental rights of human beings at the first regular session of 1983 of the Economic and Social Council.