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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

     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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