Unicef+Barbados

**__Topic 1: __** Child trafficking **__Committee: __** UNICEF **__Name: __**Samantha Lopez **__Period: __** 0 **__ Background: __** Child trafficking is a horrendous issue for our world to be acting upon. To specify what Child trafficking, means, a particularly virulent offense against the human rights, and is treated as a sub-set of irregular migration. This complex issue involves removal, transportation, illegal sale, and a replacement of a child for an exploitative context. Many of this occurs because of poverty. Poverty is a main cause when a country suffers from isolation and less-power. According to IOM, research shows that many of the countries who cause this issue are Belgium, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, and the UK. The real question is who are the traffickers? Evidence states that these following services of trafficking industry happen to be in, East Asia, Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, especially Africa. Reason being, Africa is “specialized” is HIV/AIDS are not prevented in Africa. Obviously Child trafficking is a horrible thing to do and it can have a big impact towards the international scale. Such as UNICEF, has their main priority of the following issue, of the international policy agenda, and it’s against the law to traffic people. Therefore it is brought up as a human rights migration violation, which is used to protect and prosecute from several governments. The United Nations has taken Child Trafficking as a serious issue. Yet their goal is to solve the issue and take action of to being involved. UNICEF is the United Nations Children Fund, created by the general assembly in the year of 1965. Research says that many trafficked victims are vulnerable children who are affected by HIV/AIDS. UNICEF also estimated that 90% of foreign sex workers in the Balkan countries were victims of trafficking (2002). Yet UNICEF is not the only non-governmental organization that solves Child trafficking. There are many more that affiliate with the issue, such as CARICOM, ILO, IMO, OAS, WIPO, UNESCO, IOM, and especially NGO. Bringing up the NGO affiliation, it is important because, they work with the government of several countries and is more active in studying and approaching the trafficking of Women and Children and take many plans of action. Many of these organizations meet and write to the general assembly of to how discuss it in committee. Their action is to transform children’s future prospects and implement the international convention related to children’s rights.  **__Country Policy and Involvement: __** Barbados has planned to prioritize human development of children, and women to emphasize in a socio-economic development program. They appraise the United Nations for hosting sessions in reviewing progress in enhancing lives of protecting children and women. They launch the Global Movement for Children and are developing policies programmes. For example Barbados’s nation policy is to improve standards of care and elimination of abuse and neglect. Yet Barbados compliments the NGO programs on good parenting and conflict resolutions of provision for anonymous reporting of offences against these children. The providence of a family is through the government in Child Care Board, from NGO’s. According to their phenomenon they do not use child labor because, they make sure children are not working within the working environment. Barbados promotes world peace to the international community to strive and halt armed conflict wherever it occurs. Their motto is, "children are the future."
 * __Country: __**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> Barbados
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">CARICOM has urged to developed countries to take positive moves against the issue, in taking 0.7 percent of their gross national product and solve it by aiding to develop many countries. By doing this, it is to reiterate the international community and devote more funds and fight against HIV/AIDS. Barbados arises the combination of using vulnerable natural disasters and fragile ecosystems, among others the following are faced with specific problems. Thus, this global issue needs to continue in special circumstances of the small island and Barbados will dedicate their special assistance.
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Work Cited: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bb.html http://www.unicef.org/about/execboard/index_45669.html?q=printme http://www.panosisnt.org/productions/panoscope/trafficking_carribean.php http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/gashc3787.doc.htm http://www.un.org/esa/population/meetings/ittmigdev2005/P15_IOmelaniuk.pdf