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| 2018 -- S 2161 Enacted 02/01/2018 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| COMMEMORATING JANUARY OF 2018 AS "RHODE ISLAND SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
| Introduced By: Senators Morgan, Goodwin, Coyne, Lynch Prata, and Algiere |
| Date Introduced: January 23, 2018 |
| 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 21 million to 25 million people are currently the |
| victims of human trafficking and are being used as slaves in some capacity. As of 2014, it is |
| estimated that human trafficking generates approximately $150 billion dollars in profit; and |
| WHEREAS, Recently, President Donald J. Trump promulgated a number of initiatives to |
| combat human trafficking. The President has proclaimed January of 2018 to be National Slavery |
| and Human Trafficking Month. He also signed initiatives that will contribute $25 million to the |
| Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, and will provide 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, 2018, 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, Antonio Guterres. |
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