Steve Chalke appointed UN Special Advisor
Following the delivery of the STOP THE TRAFFIK Global Declaration, signed and endorsed by more than 1.5 million people, to the opening session of the United Nations GIFT (Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking) conference in Vienna in February, Oasis Founder Steve Chalke MBE, was appointed as the UN.GIFT Special Advisor on Community Action against Human Trafficking by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Steve's appointment is part of a new relationship that will see STOP THE TRAFFIK, the anti-trafficking campaign begun by Oasis, formally working with UNODC to produce resources for, and connections to, grass roots communities around the world as well as providing research about trafficking in goods and product supply chains.
Steve said: "To be asked to fullfil this task by the United Nations is a huge honour and an enormous responsibility. Though the reality is that trafficking is now the world's fastest growing crime, I believe that every person, corporation and government can make choices which will turn the tide and that together we can see this great evil defeated. My appointment is simply a symbol of the power for change that 1.5 million voices have created."