STOP THE TRAFFIK AND UNITED NATIONS

Over 1.5 million people have signed STOP THE TRAFFIK's declaration to:

  • PREVENT THE SALE OF PEOPLE
  • PROTECT THE VICTIMS
  • PROSECUTE THE TRAFFICKERS

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Your text message, your signed postcard, your freedom wall, your facebook sign up, your web sign up, your hand raised and commitment ALL COUNT.

In February 2008 we delivered your signatures GATHERED FROM EVERY CONTINENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

Following which Steve Chalke MBE, Chair of STOP THE TRAFFIK, has been appointed the UN.GIFT Special Advisor on Community Action against Human Trafficking by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The appointment is part of a new relationship that will see STOP THE TRAFFIK working with UNODC to produce resources for, and connections to, grassroots communities around the world as well as providing research about trafficking in goods and product supply chains.

It is an appointment which is simply a symbol of the power for change that 1.5 million voices have created.

Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, expressed his enthusiasm the work of STOP THE TRAFFIK "I believe that the STOP THE TRAFFIK Coalition has the potential to provide significant impetus to the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking.

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STOP THE TRAFFIK & UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL INITATIVE TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING (GIFT)

STT will provide UNODC with:
  • The establishment of the Friends of GIFT (individuals across the globe)
  • The production of community resources
  • Connections to grass roots constituency
  • Linkage between UNODC and consumers
  • A vehicle for distribution of messages
  • A vehicle for listening to the views and interests of grass roots
  • Raw data from consumers for substantive research on supply chains
  • The popularisation of the messages for a grass roots audience eg. books, dvds, curriculum resources for schools etc.
UNODC will provide STT with:
  • The endorsement of UN GIFT through Steve Chalke's appointment (chair of Stop the Traffik coalition) as 'UN.GIFT Special Advisor on Community Action against Human Trafficking'
  • Involvement in the process of turning research on trafficking in goods and product supply chains into action
  • The endorsement and assistance of UNODC offices around the world
  • The establishment of a forum where STOP THE TRAFFIK can regularly present the feedback from the Friends of UN.GIFT directly to the leadership of UN.GIFT