The Humpty Dumpty Institute's 17th Congressional Delegation to United Nations Headquarters

Human Trafficking

The Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI) sponsored its 17th Congressional Delegation to the United Nations on March 13, 2006, which brought ten Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and their staff to New York for a day of meetings centered on the topic of human trafficking. This bipartisan delegation's primary purpose in coming to the U.N. was to meet with senior U.S. and U.N. officials in order to discuss how the U.S. Congress can best coordinate anti-trafficking efforts with the U.N.

The bipartisan delegation met with U.N. Under-Secretary-General Chris Burnham, U.N. General Assembly President Ambassador Jan Eliasson, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton. Delegates also met with senior representatives from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the U.N. Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA), and the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF). UNODC Goodwill Ambassador Julia Ormond offered perspectives on the issue and urged action to fight human trafficking both on U.S. soil and internationally.

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