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information regarding Member States efforts to address the issue of traffick ing 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;
17. Encourages UNODC and other relevant United Nations entities,
including UNHCR and UNICEF, and other international and regional bodies,
including INTERPOL and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), to
continue supporting upon request, in accordance with their respective mandates and
expertise, Member States efforts to develop such capabilities, including through the
exchange of information and the strengthening of networks for regional and
international cooperation in relation to trafficking in persons in areas affected by
armed conflict; and in this regard, encourages further the above-mentioned entities
and bodies to train their personnel to prevent and respond appropriately to
trafficking in persons in areas affected by armed conflict in all its forms and sexual
violence in conflict; support the tracking and identification of individuals and
groups responsible for the trafficking in persons in the context of armed conflict;
share relevant information to ensure accountability; enhance cooperation in
documentation, extradition and legal assistance and enhance public awareness to
combat trafficking in persons in armed conflict, including when it is associated with
sexual violence in conflict and facilitate accountability;
18. Takes note with appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the Special
Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the Team of Experts on Rule of
Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict to strengthen monitoring and analysis of
sexual violence in conflict, including when associated with trafficking in persons in
armed conflict and post-conflict situations, used as a tactic of war and also as a
tactic by certain terrorist groups, as well as in seeking concrete and time -bound
commitments and implementation plans by all parties to conflict to prevent and
address such crimes in line with resolutions 1960 and 2106, and encourages a more
systematic approach and the acceleration of such efforts; furthermore requests
information, as appropriate, on practical measures undertaken by parties to the
conflict pursuant to the above-mentioned commitments and implementation plans;
19. Further encourages Member States to provide training to all
peacekeeping personnel to be deployed in UN peace operations in conflict and post conflict zones on responding to trafficking in persons in the context of armed
conflict, gender expertise, sexual exploitation and abuse prevention and assessing
sexual violence in conflict as a component of predeployment training, and to ensure
that this consideration is integrated into the performance and operational readiness
standards against which troops are assessed;
20. Urges relevant UN agencies operating in humanitarian crises derived
from armed conflict and post-conflict situations to ensure, in accordance with their
respective mandates, that the risk of trafficking in persons in armed conflict i s
considered in protection of civilians and humanitarian needs assessments, that they
build their technical capacity to assess situations for instances of trafficking in
persons in armed conflict and that they work together to identify, prevent and
respond effectively to victims of trafficking; and calls upon the Inter-Agency
Standing Committee to strengthen the humanitarian community’s response to
addressing trafficking in persons in armed conflict and exploitation during a crisis
through existing protection mechanisms and programming;
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