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  • December 2nd Is The International Day For The Abolition Of Slavery

    DECEMBER 2ND IS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
    Gita Elibekyan

    "Radiolur"
    02.12.2008 16:28

    Today is December 2nd, the International Day for the Abolition
    of Slavery.

    It recalls the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of
    the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic
    in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others on
    December 2nd, 1949.

    According to different estimations, about 27 million people in the
    world are in slavery today. Trafficking is considered the white
    slavery of the 20th and the 21st centuries.

    People in Armenia first spoke about white slavery in 2002, when
    it became clear from the report submitted to the US Congress that
    Armenia was included in the third-rank countries, which meant that
    the phenomenon existed in the country, but the government was not
    struggling against it.

    "Today Armenian citizens undergo sexual exploitation in Turkey and
    the United Arab Emirates and do forced labor in Russia," said Marina
    Solakhyan, Coordinator of the UN Anti-Trafficking Programme. According
    to her, we have no exact numbers, since the victims of trafficking
    are ashamed or afraid of talking about it.

    According to Marina Solakhyan, 92 victims of trafficking received
    assistance between 2003 and 2006. It's worth mentioning that according
    to the 2005 report, Armenia was included in the list of second-rank
    countries, and this means that=2 0the Government is already taking
    measures to fight trafficking and people become more aware of how to
    avoid it.
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