This came in a statement of Qatar delivered by the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations, H E Ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani during the official meeting of the Security Council on Trafficking in Persons in Conflict Situa
New York: Qatar has confirmed that the success of the international community to put an end to human trafficking requires concerted international efforts to address its causes, and foremost finding just solutions to conflicts and crises and fighting against impunity.
This came in a statement of Qatar delivered by the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations, H E Ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani during the official meeting of the Security Council on Trafficking in Persons in Conflict Situations on Wednesday.
She said that trafficking in human beings has become a global phenomenon that poses a challenge to the international will and the values of humanity, since it represents a flagrant violation of human rights.
The seriousness of this threat, she said, affects vulnerable groups, especially women, children, people with disabilities and the elderly, pointing to the disastrous results caused by forced migration as a result of conflicts and crises, which forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes and homelands in pursuit of safe and dignified life.
The statement said that terrorist groups are benefiting from this phenomenon increases the risk it poses; young people are exploited and recruited to carry out terrorist operations.
Ambassador Saif Al Thani said that despite the adoption of the United Nations Convention against Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, the international community has failed to end conflicts, crises, and policies that violate the basic rights of individuals and peoples.
She said in the statement that Qatar has supported the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons since its launch.
