(Source: UN - United Nations) Secretary-General Tells of Abducted Yazidi Girls Sold in Open Slave Markets The Security Council condemned in the strongest terms today all instances of human trafficking in areas affected by armed conflict as it heard from more than 70 speakers during a day-long open debate on the subject. Unanimously adopting resolution 2331 (2016), the 15‑member Council, responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security, specifically condemned the sale of, or trade in, persons seized by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh), including Yazidis and persons belonging to religious and ethnic minorities, as well as trafficking in persons by Boko...
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