Modalities, Format and Organization of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons

A/RES/79/286View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 107 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2025.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2013–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/286	Modalities, format and organization of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons	1,482	68%Compare
2021	A/RES/75/283	Modalities, format and organization of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons	1,432	61%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/287	Modalities, format and organization of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons	1,356	48%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/260	Modalities, format and organization of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons	1,098	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2017

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2017	A/72/125	Implementation of the mandates of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, with particular reference to the technical cooperation activities of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/71/287

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Trafficking in Persons

What’s in this document?

23 operative paragraphs

Decides that the two-day high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons³ will be held on Monday, 24 November, and Tuesday, 25 November 2025, and will consist of:

³Resolution 64/293.

A plenary meeting on 24 November from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., including an opening segment to be held from 10 to 11 a.m.;

Two consecutive interactive panel discussions on 24 November, to be held from 3 to 6 p.m.;

Plenary meetings on 25 November, to be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., including a closing segment to be held at 5.30 p.m.;

Also decides that:

The opening segment will feature statements by the President of the General Assembly at its eightieth session, the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, as well as an eminent person actively engaged in the fight against trafficking in persons and a representative of civil society, at least one of whom should be a survivor and both of whom are to be selected by the President of the General Assembly, followed by the adoption of a short and concise political declaration; any explanation of vote on the political declaration shall be incorporated into national statements instead of being made at the opening segment;

The plenary meetings will hear statements by Member States and observers of the General Assembly; the list of speakers will be established in accordance with the rules of procedure and established practices of the General Assembly and the time limits for these statements will be three minutes for individual delegations and five minutes for statements made on behalf of a group of States;

The closing segment will hear summaries of the discussions of the interactive panel discussions, followed by final remarks by the President of the General Assembly;

Further decides that the proceedings of the high-level meeting will be webcast, and encourages the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General to give the highest visibility to the high-level meeting;

Decides that the organizational arrangements for the interactive panel discussions to be held on 24 November in the afternoon, each chaired by two Co‑Chairs, one from a developed country and one from a developing country to be appointed by the President of the General Assembly, will be as follows:

Interactive panel discussion 1, to be held from 3 to 4.30 p.m., will address the theme “The Global Plan of Action and enduring trafficking issues and gaps which should, inter alia, address the current challenges, gaps and opportunities in implementation of the Global Plan of Action, including child trafficking, trafficking for forced labour and the link between trafficking in persons and organized crime groups”;

Interactive panel discussion 2, to be held from 4.30 to 6 p.m., will address the theme “The Global Plan of Action and emerging issues, such as trafficking in persons through new technologies, including the role of artificial intelligence, and trafficking for forced criminality”;

A Chair of each interactive panel discussion will present summaries of the discussions at the closing segment;

In order to promote interactive and substantive discussions, participation in each panel discussion will include Member States, observers of the General Assembly, representatives of United Nations organizations and entities, and representatives of international, regional and subregional organizations, as well as of civil society, including non‑governmental organizations, academic institutions, the private sector, victims and survivors of trafficking in persons, and the media;

Invites Member States and all observers of the General Assembly to be represented at the highest possible level;

Encourages Member States to consider including in their delegations to the high-level meeting members of national human rights institutions, representatives of law enforcement, parliamentarians, representatives of civil society active in combating trafficking in persons, survivors of trafficking in persons and representatives of the private sector;

Invites all relevant United Nations system entities, in particular the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons, including programmes, funds, specialized agencies and regional commissions, as well as relevant intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations, to participate in the high-level meeting;

Invites interested representatives of non‑governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, in particular those with relevant expertise in the field of trafficking in persons, to register with the Secretariat in order to participate in the high-level meeting;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of representatives of other relevant non‑governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector who may participate in the high-level meeting, including its panel discussions, taking into account the principles of transparency and equitable geographical representation, with due regard for gender parity, to submit the proposed list to Member States for their consideration on a non‑objection basis⁴ and to bring the list to the attention of the General Assembly before the high-level meeting, in a timely manner, for a final decision by the General Assembly on participation in the high-level meeting;

⁴The list will include proposed as well as final names. The general basis of any objections, if requested by one or more States Members of the United Nations or States members of the specialized agencies, will be made known to the Office of the President of the General Assembly and the requester.

Also requests the President of the General Assembly to hold open, transparent, inclusive and representative intergovernmental negotiations with all Member States, through two co-facilitators to be appointed by the President, one from a developed country and one from a developing country, with a view to producing a short and concise political declaration for adoption at the opening segment of the high-level meeting, on the implementation of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons;

Further requests the President of the General Assembly to organize, no later than June 2025, an informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing, attended by representatives of Member States, all observers of the General Assembly, national human rights institutions compliant with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles),⁵ non‑governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, invited civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector, welcomes their contribution to the process, and requests the President to prepare a summary of the hearing;

⁵Resolution 48/134, annex.

Encourages Member States, United Nations entities, intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations, private sector entities and other relevant stakeholders to consider supporting the participation of representatives from developing countries, including representatives of non‑governmental organizations from those countries, in order to ensure the broadest possible participation, and requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures in this regard, where applicable;

Encourages Member States and other stakeholders to continue to contribute to the United Nations voluntary trust fund for victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, which was established by the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons.

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