UN: 21 million people, women, men and children who are victims of slavery

International Labour Organization of the United Nations said in its latest statistical There are 21 million people of women, men and children who are victims of slavery, deprived of the right to live and work in freedom and dignity and equality.

In his message on the occasion of the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, which is corresponding to the second of December of each year, called Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, said the United Nations News Centre, on Tuesday, world leaders, businessmen and civil society alike to "Deportation brutal practices "human trafficking and sexual exploitation, child labor, forced marriage, forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict.

The Secretary General said, "You have to governments, civil society and the private sector stand together and to eliminate all contemporary forms of slavery, including forced labor," he said, adding: "Not a day passes without women being trafficked and sold and detained in brothels, not a day goes by without young girls are exposed to forced marriage or sexual abuse or exploitation as domestic workers. "

"The men are still being held there, away from their families, in secret factories where they work under the contracts of adhesion to meet with meager wages and opportunities for far-fetched to pay off their debt someday."

The Secretary-General praised all efforts that help to raise awareness about this issue, pointing to the Indian campaign "Kailash Satyarthi," which won this year's Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Pakistani student Mlala Yusufzai for its activities in the fight against child slavery in India.

Ban Ki-moon urged Member States, businesses and institutions and other donors to support the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery even civil society able to implement key projects for the rehabilitation of the victims and the harm inflicted upon them.

For his part, Guy Ryder, Director General of the International Labour Organisation, "We need to address the root social and economic causes of modern slavery, such as the traditional systems of land leasing, as well as sources of employment unregulated and employment practices," he said.

"We need to improve means of access to education and skills for people who live in poverty and suffer from discrimination, we must fight against the suppression of workers who seek to join the trade unions, and we must ensure that law enforcement is the most powerful to stop the trafficking in human beings forever."

In a related development, experts in the field of human rights made their views also on the occasion of the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, calling for action to combat all modern forms of slavery and enhance the effectiveness of laws and policies implementation, experts said, citing the International Labour Organization estimates that about 168 million children are engaged in child labor , and is more than half of them dangerous work, and some of them in slavery-like conditions in mines and quarries craft.

Experts stressed the importance of setting clear goals to eliminate all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, including trafficking, child labor and sexual exploitation, in the negotiations for the adoption of the goals of the post-2015 development.

The ILO estimates that forced labor generates illicit profits of $ 150 billion a year, come two-thirds of those profits from exploitation, mainly women and children involved in the sex industry, entertainment, and slavery also bring profits for unscrupulous employers in agriculture, construction, manufacturing and mining and domestic work and other sectors which humans are exposed to forced labor.

The fight against slavery in the modern era to address the environment on a larger scale through the adoption and promotion of comprehensive protection systems for the child, able to reduce risk factors and to ensure early detection of child victims, and some companies and institutions around the world have taken several measures to eliminate forced labor, and the there is a growing movement of citizens who claim to put an end to repression and discrimination against the citizens of their country.