,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #gfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #bj1 #bjad
 ,ms4 ,de,lauro submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,expressing support for   
designation of ,november #bj through    
,november #bf1 #bjad1 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 labor4         
,whereas according to the ,international
 ,labour ,organization 7,,ilo71 child   
labor is work that deprives children of 
their childhood1 their potential and    
their dignity1 and that is harmful to   
physical and mental development2        
,whereas the term child labor refers to 
work that is mentally1 physically1      
socially1 or morally dangerous and      
harmful to children and interferes with 
their schooling2 ,whereas the ,,ilo     
estimates the global number of child    

laborers at #afh1jjj1jjj2 ,whereas the  
,,ilo estimates there are #he1jjj1jjj   
children in hazardous work1 which could 
include mining and quarry work1         
agriculture1 manufacturing1 and domestic
 work2 ,whereas hazardous work is       
defined as work that directly endangers 
the health1 safety1 and moral           
development of children2 ,whereas the   
,,ilo estimates the global number of    
children forced into labor or sexual    
exploitation at #f1jjj1jjj2 ,whereas    
forced labor or sexual exploitation     
could include children chained to looms 
to weave carpets1 kidnapped to fight in 
adult wars1 mandated to leave school to 
pick cotton1 or lured and sold to       
brothels2 ,whereas the ,,ilo estimates  
the number of children trapped in child 
labor since #bjjj has fallen from       
#bdf1jjj1jjj children to #afh1jjj1jjj   
children2 ,whereas despite the decline  
by one-third of the global number of    
child laborers1 that decline is not     
enough to achieve the goal of           

eliminating the worst forms of child    
labor by #bjaf2 and ,whereas the ,united
 ,states agreed upon the goal of        
eliminating the worst forms of child    
labor by #bjaf1 as one of the ,,ilo     
member states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it   
,that the ,house of ,representatives--  
7#a7 applauds the work done by          
individuals1 organizations1 and         
governments committed to human rights   
and the well-being of children globally 
in decreasing the number of children    
trapped in child labor by one-third     
since #bjjj2  7#b7 recognizes that      
challenges that remain to eliminating   
the worst forms of child labor by #bjaf2
  7#c7 urges the #ahc member states of  
the ,international ,labour ,organization
 7,,ilo7 and worker's and employer's    
organizations who agreed to the goal of 
eliminating the worst forms of child    
labor by #bjaf to continue with their   
strong efforts2  7#d7 encourages        
consumers to continue to make their     
voices heard that corporations should   

work to eliminate child labor and       
slavery from their supply chains2 and   
7#e7 reaffirms the commitment of the    
,united ,states ,house to the goal of   
eliminating child slavery and the worst 
forms of child labor by #bjaf4