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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 763 

Expressing support for designation of November 20 through November 26, 

2014, as ‘‘End Child Slavery Week’’ to raise awareness of human rights 

abuses against children and to acknowledge the global fight against 

child slavery and child labor. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 20, 2014 

Ms. DELAURO submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for designation of November 20 through 

November 26, 2014, as ‘‘End Child Slavery Week’’ to 

raise awareness of human rights abuses against children 

and to acknowledge the global fight against child slavery 

and child labor. 

Whereas according to the International Labour Organization 

(ILO), child labor is ‘‘work that deprives children of their 

childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is 

harmful to physical and mental development’’; 

Whereas the term child labor refers to work that is mentally, 

physically, socially, or morally dangerous and harmful to 

children and interferes with their schooling; 

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Whereas the ILO estimates the global number of child laborers at 168,000,000; 

Whereas the ILO estimates there are 85,000,000 children in 

hazardous work, which could include mining and quarry 

work, agriculture, manufacturing, and domestic work; 

Whereas hazardous work is defined as work that directly endangers the health, safety, and moral development of 

children; 

Whereas the ILO estimates the global number of children 

forced into labor or sexual exploitation at 6,000,000; 

Whereas forced labor or sexual exploitation could include children chained to looms to weave carpets, kidnapped to 

fight in adult wars, mandated to leave school to pick cotton, or lured and sold to brothels; 

Whereas the ILO estimates the number of children trapped 

in child labor since 2000 has fallen from 246,000,000 

children to 168,000,000 children; 

Whereas despite the decline by one-third of the global number 

of child laborers, that decline is not enough to achieve the 

goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labor by 

2016; and 

Whereas the United States agreed upon the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labor by 2016, as one of 

the ILO member states: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) applauds the work done by individuals, or3 ganizations, and governments committed to human 

4 rights and the well-being of children globally in demstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 creasing the number of children trapped in child 

2 labor by one-third since 2000; 

3 (2) recognizes that challenges that remain to 

4 eliminating the worst forms of child labor by 2016; 

5 (3) urges the 183 member states of the Inter6 national Labour Organization (ILO) and worker’s 

7 and employer’s organizations who agreed to the goal 

8 of eliminating the worst forms of child labor by 

9 2016 to continue with their strong efforts; 

10 (4) encourages consumers to continue to make 

11 their voices heard that corporations should work to 

12 eliminate child labor and slavery from their supply 

13 chains; and 

14 (5) reaffirms the commitment of the United 

15 States House to the goal of eliminating child slavery 

16 and the worst forms of child labor by 2016. 

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