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Kenya: Guterres Urges Global Action As 50 Million People Trapped in Modern Slavery
Nairobi -- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to intensify efforts to protect the "millions of people currently trapped" in modern forms of slavery, warning that the world is facing a "relentless contemporary crisis" that demands urgent collective action.
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2025
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed every year on 2 December to highlight ongoing struggles against modern forms of slavery, from human trafficking and forced labour to child exploitation and forced marriage. The date is the moment when the UN Convention to Suppress the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of...
In 2025, Data highlights the global rise in cases of modern slavery and reinforces the Secretary-General's call for urgent action to protect the current 50 million victims. Source of the original article: United Nations / Nações Unidas (news.un.org). Photo credit: UN. The content of this article does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion […]
Guterres Urges Global Action as 50 Million People Trapped in Modern Slavery
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 2 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to intensify efforts to protect the “millions of people currently trapped” in modern forms of slavery, warning that the world is facing a “relentless contemporary crisis” that demands urgent collective action. Guterres said in a statement Tuesday as the world marks International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, that the world must “re…
Every 2 December marks the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, a date established by the United Nations to recall the legacy of the convention adopted on 2 December 1949, aimed at eradicating trafficking in persons, sexual exploitation, forced labour, servitude, forced marriages and other contemporary forms of slavery. Slavery, far from belonging only to the past, remains present in many modern forms, making this day a necessary remi…
World Day for the Abolition of Slavery, December 2, 2025
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