UN agency launches campaign against human trafficking
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This video was made available by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which today launched an international campaign to raise public awareness about human trafficking. Several high-tech publicity tools are being utilised to draw attention to the fight against modern slavery, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
It’s called the Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking. Campaign supporters are asked to post a blue heart on their website or Facebook profile.
Human trafficking is a crime that strips people of their rights, ruins their dreams, and robs them of their dignity. It is a crime that shames us all. Human trafficking is a global problem and no country is immune. Millions of victims are entrapped, and exploited every year in this modern form of slavery. To rally world public opinion against human trafficking, UNODC is launching the Blue Heart Campaign.
By wearing the Blue Heart you raise awareness of this crime and join the campaign to fight it. The Blue Heart represents the sadness of those who are trafficked while reminding us of the cold-heartedness of those who buy and sell fellow human beings. The use of the blue UN colour also demonstrates the commitment of the United Nations to combating this crime against human dignity.
Click here to download a Blue Heart and show your support for this campaign against enslavement.
It is estimated that 800,000 people are trafficked across international boundaries every year, and millions more are bought and sold within their own countries. Last month, the UNODC released a report showing that most countries are ignoring or denying the trade in human beings.
This blogger has been very critical of the United Nations on many occasions, but the UN is to be commended for its work on this issue. Human trafficking—the modern-day slave trade—is a barbaric practice abhorrent to all civilised people.
For the most part the UN is a travesty of what it should be; it is good to see that it is exposing this abomination, though.
Unfortunately, it seems that this UN agency also is involved in the push for universal abortion access .
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112406.html
Joy Smith CPC MP Manitoba has a private members bill on human (child)trafficking. http://www.joysmith.ca/index.asp?sub_ID=397
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