World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

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Main organizer: UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Building up on the annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children to the Human Rights Council; and in line with the concerted effort within the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT), as well as the OSRSG-VAC-UNODC Strategy, this High-Level Panel brings together key partners to share concrete views, examples, actions, and lessons learned to pave the way for a robust, strengthened and scaled up responses to prevent and protect all children from trafficking. 14:00 – 14:20 6 Setting the scene Welcome by Dr. Najat Maalla M'jid, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children & Moderator of the Panel (5 min) Key Address by Ms. Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Video message) Ms. So...