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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 10, 2005
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) combating trafficking in persons should continue to be a U.S. foreign policy priority; (2) the United States should ratify, and urge all countries to ratify, the United Nations (UN) Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; and (3) the President should commend the efforts of the governments of those countries affected by the December 26, 2004, tsunami to protect their children from the dangers of trafficking.
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Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] · R–IN
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1307-1308)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1308)
Introduced in Senate
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