The Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons is a

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adopted by the

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in July 2010.

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supported the plan's adoption, as did

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, and

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signed off on the plan that September. The plan was first proposed by

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. One of the most significant elements of the plan is the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, which was launched in November 2010 to support human trafficking victims through financial,

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, and

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. In October 2012, the

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resolved that the

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of the

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ought to study and

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about the plan. A meeting of the

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was convened in May 2013 to assess the progress of the plan's implementation. Francis Chullikatt,

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, spoke at this meeting, saying that the meeting allowed the

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opportunity "to renew our commitment to work together and to condemn with one voice the abhorrent and immoral practice of trafficking in human beings." At the time of the meeting, there were 39

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that had not ratified the plan.

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