A/RES/50/167 Page 2 Welcoming the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 8/ which, inter alia, called upon all Governments to prevent all international trafficking in migrants, especially for the purpose of prostitution, and for the adoption by Governments of both receiving countries and countries of origin of effective sanctions against those who organize undocumented migration, exploit undocumented migrants or engage in trafficking in undocumented migrants, especially those who engage in any form of international traffic of women and children, Recalling the recognition by the World Summit for Social Development, held at Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, 9/ of the danger to society of the trafficking in women and children, Welcoming the initiatives taken by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 10/ and the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Cairo from 29 April to 8 May 1995, 11/ towards criminalizing clandestine traffic in illegal migrants, Concurring with the conclusion in the Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women at Beijing on 15 September 1995, 12/ that the effective suppression of trafficking in women and girls for the sex trade is a matter of pressing international concern, Recalling its resolution 49/166 of 23 December 1994, and taking note of Commission on the Status of Women resolution 39/6 of 29 March 1995, 13/ Acknowledging the work done by intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in compiling information on the scale and complexity of the problem of trafficking, in providing shelters for trafficked women and children and in effecting their voluntary repatriation to their countries of origin, Noting with concern the increasing number of women and girl children from developing countries and from some countries with economies in transition 8/ Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex, chap. X. 9/ See A/CONF.166/9. 10/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1995, Supplement No. 10 (E/1995/30), chap. I, sect. B.III. 11/ See A/CONF.169/16. 12/ A/CONF.177/20, chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 13/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1995, Supplement No. 6 (E/1995/26), chap. I, sect. C. /...