24 May 1984

Meeting 20

Question of slavery and the slave trade in all their practices and manifestations

The Economic and Social Council

1. Requests the Secretary-General to entrust a working group composed of experts designated by the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Health Organization with the task of conducting a comprehensive study on the phenomenon of traditional practices affecting the health of women and children;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the working group with all the assistance it may need to carry out the study;

3. Requests all interested non-governmental organizations to co-operate in the study;

4. Requests the working group to submit its report to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-second session.