Urges all States to increase, in a coherent, comprehensive and coordinated manner, efforts to counter trafficking in persons; invites all States Members of the UN to make full use of existing instruments against trafficking in persons; welcomes the work carried out under the UN Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) and encourages the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to cooperate with relevant international organizations outside of the UN system; invites Member States to provide voluntary contributions to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in order to facilitate optimum implementation of coordination functions.

Adopted without vote, 44th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2008 (30 June to 25 July 2008) - E/2008/INF/2/Add.1 - 15 August 2008 - p. 91-93.