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The Human Responsibility Compliance System, HRCS, is initiated due to the fact that only a fraction of the current shipped containers is checked if the bill of lading corresponds with the actual content of the container.

HRCS will enable all parties in the transport cycle to verify that the container cargo matches the original content, and that the cargo is untouched during the entire journey. This is possible using a small devise that will monitor various parameters continuously from the starting point until the end-destination.

Through-out the journey it will be possible to obtain a report showing the current status of the cargo.

HRCS is expected to be launched 1. September 2022.

On 15 November 2000 the United Nations adopted General Assembly resolution 55/25 regarding the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, which is the main international instrument in the fight against transnational organized crime.

It opened for signature by Member States at a High-level Political Conference convened for that purpose in Palermo, Italy, on 12-15 December 2000 and entered into force on 29 September 2003 in accordance with article 38. The Convention is further supplemented by three Protocols, which target specific areas and manifestations of organized crime: the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air; and the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition. Countries must become parties to the Convention itself before they can become parties to any of the Protocols. The current status in the ratification process is that there are 147 Signatories and 190 Parties.

By ratifying the resolution, the Member States commit themselves to taking a series of measures against transnational organized crime. It represents a huge step forward in the fight against international organized crime and it further commits the States to enhance the cross-bordercooperation.

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children:
This was adopted General Assembly resolution 55/25 and entered into force on 25 December 2003. The importance in this protocol was that it was the first internationally binding instrument with a definition on trafficking in persons.

Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea,and Air:
This was adopted General Assembly resolution 55/25 and entered into force on 24 January 2004. As with the previous protocol the importance in this was that for the first time a globally agreed definition of the term smuggling immigrants was made.

Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition:
As with the 2 previous protocols this was adopted General Assembly resolution 55/25 and entered into force on 3 July2005. This protocol should facilitate and strengthen cooperation among States Parties in order to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition.

Since the adoption of the above resolution in 2000 there have been biannual sessions for the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. In addition to the sessions embracing the entire resolution working groups focusing on individual segments within the protocols more or less gather annually for enhancing the efforts to improve and secure the various initiatives. First session for the Working Groupon Trafficking of Persons was held in Vienna on 14 and 15 April 2009. Other working groups are among others; Working Group on the Smuggling of Migrants, Working Group on Firearms and Working Group on International Cooperation.

In a statement by the President of the United Nations Security Council (the Prime Minister of India) of 9 August 2021 the Security Council reaffirms that international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (UNCLOS), sets out the legal framework applicable to activities in the oceans, including countering illicit activities at sea. This includes the smuggling of immigrants and trafficking of persons.

The Security Council calls upon Member States to ratify and implementing the 2000 United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and the Protocols thereto.
At the meeting senior United Nations officials said that the maritime security is being undermined by an alarming pace throughout the world. At the same time the Director-General for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime  was grateful for the high-level attention that India was bringing to the urgent priority. 

Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet to United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres, pointed to the international legal regime for maritime security, underpinned by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, as “the good news”, stressing that the Convention and related instruments strike a “careful balance” between States’ sovereign rights, jurisdiction and freedoms, and their duties and obligations.  However, this framework is only as strong as countries’ commitment to full and effective implementationand there is an urgent need to translate commitment into action. It is imperative that all nations live up to theirobligations.

The 15-member organ noted the problems of transnational organized crimes committed at sea and they all voiced their support and commitment to fight the problems. Besides the President of the Security Council, President Modi from India, other members were President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Mr. Ben Wallace,and US Secretary of State Mr. Anthony Blinkin.