Posts Tagged ‘UN General Assembly’
End Child, Early & Forced Marriage
Historic Resolution of UN General Assembly The committee of the 193-nation General Assembly of the United Nations has agreed that members should pass laws banning child marriages. According to UN statistics there are now more that 700 million women who were married before their 18th birthday with child marriages afffecting about 15 million girls every…
Read MoreGlobal Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons
UN General Assembly Voices Concern In 2010 the UN General Assembly established a Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. A two-day High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly took place on 13th and 14th May. The meeting aimed to review progress made since the adoption of the Global Plan in order to strengthen…
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