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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

COMMEMORATING JANUARY OF 2020 AS "RHODE ISLAND SLAVERY AND HUMAN

TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Senators Morgan, de la Cruz, Rogers, Paolino, and Goodwin

     Date Introduced: January 30, 2020

     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 25 million people are currently the victims of human

trafficking and are being used as slaves in some capacity. The International Labour 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

Prevention 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, 2020, 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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