A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/116 1 February 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 103 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/53/618)] 53/116. Traffic in women and girls The General Assembly, Reaffirming the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,2 the International Covenants on Human 4 Rights,3 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 5 the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,6 Recalling the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others,7 1 Resolution 217 A (III). 2 Resolution 34/180, annex. 3 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 4 Resolution 39/46, annex. 5 Resolution 44/25, annex. 6 Resolution 48/104. 7 Resolution 317 (IV). 99-76471 /...