In 1997, UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, designated August 23 as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. The UN General Assembly had previously added “International Day for the Abolition of Slavery” to the calendar in 1949, and UNESCO set […]
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According to the United Nations calendar, July 30 is “World Day Against Human Trafficking.” The UN established this day in 2013 to raise awareness about the tragedy of human trafficking and to combat it. According to the organization’s annual report, more than two-thirds of human trafficking victims are children. The […]