89 nations to fight sex trade

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89 nations to fight sex trade

The Statesman 20th January, 2001-New Delhi

New Delhi Jan.19-- Eighty nine countries have signed optional protocol to work

against the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, stated a

Press release issued by the United Nations International Children Education

Funds.

There are over roughly one million children - mostly girls- who enter the multi

billion commercial sex trade around the world annually.

According to recent studies, teenage girls are forced into prostitution due to

the mistaken belief that younger girls are unlikely to be infected with the

HIV/AIDS virus.

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Jagdish Harsh (jharsh@... )

François-Xavier Bagnoud (INDIA) ( www.fxb.org )

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