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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

COMMEMORATING JANUARY OF 2019 AS "RHODE ISLAND SLAVERY AND HUMAN

TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Senators Morgan, de la Cruz, Goodwin, Coyne, and Lynch Prata

     Date Introduced: January 22, 2019

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, Human trafficking, as recognized and defined by the United Nations in the

"Trafficking Protocol" is the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of

persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of

deception,…for the purpose of exploitation." Exploitation can include forced prostitution and

other forms of sexual exploitation as well as forced labor. Women and children are particularly

vulnerable to being exploited in these ways; and

     WHEREAS, It is estimated that between 20 million to 37 million people are currently the

victims of human trafficking and are being used as slaves in some capacity. The international

Labor office (ILO), estimates that human trafficking generates approximately $150.2 billion

dollars in profit; and

     WHEREAS, President Donald J. Trump promulgated a number of initiatives to combat

human trafficking. He proclaimed January of 2018 to be National Slavery and Human Trafficking

Month. He also signed initiatives that contributed $25 million to the Global Fund to End Modern

Slavery, and provided for enhanced collaboration amongst nations and their law enforcement and

other community and business organizations in order to dismantle transnational criminal

organizations that are involved in human trafficking activities; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby commemorates the month of January, 2019, as "National Slavery and Human Trafficking

Prevention Month" in the State of Rhode Island; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, Donald J.

Trump, the Governor of the State of Rhode Island, Gina M. Raimondo, and the Secretary-General

of the United Nations, António Guterres.

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