S/RES/2388 (2017)
United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
21 November 2017
Resolution 2388 (2017)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 8111th meeting, on
21 November 2017
The Security Council,
Recalling Presidential Statement 2015/25, Resolution 2331 (2016),
Taking note of the Secretary-General’s report S/2017/939,
Recalling its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace
and security, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
Taking note of the efforts undertaken by United Nations entities and
international and regional bodies to implement Resolution 2331 (2016), including
the development of a Thematic Paper on trafficking in persons in conflict situations,
the establishment of the Task Team on anti-trafficking in humanitarian action within
the Global Protection Cluster, the development by UNODC of a structured system
of data collection on trafficking in persons in the context of armed conflict,
including through the publication of the 2016 Global Report on Trafficking in
Persons, and the inclusion by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive
Directorate, within the existing mandate, under the policy guidance of the Counter
Terrorism Committee, and in close cooperation with UNODC and other relevant
entities, in its country assessments, as appropriate, of information regarding
Member States efforts to address the issue of trafficking in persons where it is
committed for the purpose of supporting terrorism, including through the financing
of or recruitment for the commission of terrorist acts,
Recalling the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime, and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children, which includes the first internationally agreed
definition of the crime of trafficking in persons and provides a framework to
effectively prevent and combat trafficking in persons, and further recalling the
United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons,
Recognizing that trafficking in persons in areas affected by armed conflict and
post-conflict situations can be for the purpose of various forms of exploitation,
including exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual
exploitation, forced labour, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the
removal of organs; further recognizing that trafficking in persons in armed conflict
and post-conflict situations can also be associated with sexual violence in conflict
and that women and children in situations of armed conflict and persons forcibly
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