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| 2020 -- S 2158 Enacted 01/30/2020 |
| 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 |
| 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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