Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that at the first ever global forum to fight the crime of human trafficking, the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking was held from 13 February to 15 February 2008 and convened by the United Nations (UN) Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, an initiative launched by UN Office on Drugs and Crime and several UN partners in 2007; and

(b)

urges the new Government to continue the initiatives of the previous Government to combat human trafficking:

(i)

by ensuring that Australian agencies are properly funded in the upcoming budget to fight human trafficking and continues to be a world leader in this important area,

(ii)

developing initiatives with regional partners to address this important issue, and

(iii)

requiring the new Government to report to the Senate on the measures it will take to ensure that Australia is at the forefront of combating human trafficking.

Question agreed to.