UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST …

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINSTTRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME AND THE PROTOCOLS THERETOV ienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel: +(43) (1) 26060-0, Fax: +(43) (1) 26060-5866, in Austria September 2004 1,900 UNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIMEV iennaUNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINSTTRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIMEAND THE PROTOCOLS THERETOUNITED NATIONSNew York, 2004iiiForewordWith the signing of the UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TransnationalOrganized Crime in Palermo, Italy, in December 2000, the international com-munity demonstrated the political will to answer a global challenge with aglobal response. If crime crosses borders, so must law enforcement. If the rule oflaw is undermined not only in one country, but in many, then those whodefend it cannot limit themselves to purely national means. If the enemies ofprogress and human rights seek to exploit the openness and opportunities ofglobalization for their purposes, then we must exploit those very same factors todefend human rights and defeat the forces of crime, corruption and traffickingin human of the starkest contrasts in our world today is the gulf that existsbetween the civil and the uncivil.

human dignity and a challenge to every State, every people and every commu-nity. I therefore urge the Member States to ratify not only the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, but also the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and

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