UN Formally Launches Trust Fund For Trafficking Victims

Aston Kutcher (left) and Demi Moore are two the celebrities in attendance for the launch of the UN Victim Trust Fund (Source: UNGIFT)

03 November 2010

Emirates News Agency (New York) – On November 4^th, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will formally launch the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons. The fund gives humanitarian, legal, and financial aid to global victims, especially women and children, of human trafficking. The launch will be attended by trafficking victims, the UN Secretary General, UN General Assembly President, UNODC Executive Director, celebrity humanitarians, civil society leaders, academics, international law enforcement officials, and private sector donors in order to bring attention and donations to the fund and human trafficking. The fund is part of the July 30^th UN General Assembly Global Plan of Action Combat Trafficking in Persons and will be managed by the UNODC with advice from a Secretary General appointed Board of Trustees.

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