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Article: U.N. Release Report on Forced Labor
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SAM CAGE, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-12-2005
Dateline: GENEVA
National governments need to pass clear legislation against forced labor if they are to help the more than 12 million people around the world who are trapped into working without consent, the U.N. labor agency said.
The vast majority of forced laborers _ almost 10 million _ are in Asia and the Pacific region, and many of those were trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation, the International Labor Organization said in an 87-page report released Wednesday.
"Forced labor represents the underside of globalization and denies people their basic rights and dignity," ILO Director-General Juan …
