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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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