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Yet those of us who were in the Chamber a year ago, and again today, will never forget Nadia Murad’s testimony about Da’esh’s institutionalization of slavery and sexual violence, and the nihilistic use of Yazidi women as “trafficked flesh” to recruit male fighters.

In Da’esh-held territory, the depravity of sexual slavery has continued to shock. Thanks to the courageous work of Special Representative Bangura and her staff, the United Nations has incontrovertible proof that young women are bought, sold and horrifically abused on a daily basis.