"A Call to Action to end forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking." 20 September 2017

[The latest figures of 40 million people trapped in modern slavery, outlined in the 2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery and Child Labour, signal the urgent need for action.] 

The UK Prime Minister convened a Roundtable at which 37 countries signed a Call to Action outlining practical actions to be taken to achieve [Sustainable Development Goal] Target 8.7 [which calls for effective measures to end forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour]... 

[Those actions include to:]

-  Ratify and ensure the effective implementation of relevant international conventions, protocols, and frameworks...

-  Strengthen law enforcement and criminal justice responses in order to rapidly enhance capacity to identify, investigate, and disrupt criminal activity...

-  Put victims first...[and]

-  Eradicate forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking, and the worst forms of child labour from [their] economies...by developing regulatory or policy frameworks, as appropriate, and working with business to eliminate such practices from global supply chains.

[Members of Alliance 8.7, a multi-stakeholder global partnership working towards reaching Target 8.7] welcomed [this] Call to Action that was presented...on the 19th September 2017 during the 72nd Meeting of the UN General Assembly...

[The States that have endorsed this Call to Action are: Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Côte D'Ivoire, Denmark, Ethiopia, Ghana, Holy See, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lichtenstein, Malaysia, Malta, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Zambia.]