Top UN Human Rights Official Urges Ratification of Anti-Trafficking Agreements – Luis Ramirez

From VOA:

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged China and other non-signatories to ratify rights agreements to help counter the rise in of women and children worldwide. High Commissioner spoke at an Asia-Pacific human rights conference on Tuesday.

U.N. agencies say millions of women and children continue to be smuggled across borders, ending up as prostitutes, beggars, or doing forced labor.

August 31, 2005 3:05 AM
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