UNICEF, MTV EXIT and The Killers: Goodnight, Travel Well

LONDON, United Kingdom, 13 July 2009 — Starting today, MTV audiences around the world will see a new music video that aims to raise awareness about sex trafficking. Featuring the rock band The Killers, the video is an exclusive collaboration between UNICEF, MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) and the US Agency for International Development.

The track, Goodnight, Travel Well, is from the album Day & Age. The video is the second in a series of music video collaborations that highlight the danger and impact of human trafficking.

The series launched last year with an award-winning film - produced by MTV EXIT that featured the Radiohead single All I Need.

"We are deeply shocked and appalled that women and children are forced into such exploitative situations, said a spokesperson for The Killers. We hope that through MTV's efforts, and this powerful video, millions of people across the world learn about this tragic form of modern-day slavery."

The video for Goodnight, Travel Well has the potential to reach more than 500 million households in 168 countries.

There is almost no country in the world now that isnt affected by human trafficking in some way, said UNICEF Chief of Child Protection Susan Bissell. The statistics are staggering. More than 1.2 million children are being trafficked each year and nearly 80 per cent of all trafficking is for sexual exploitation, and the most at risk are girls.

We see this music video as a powerful way to reach out and raise awareness among young people, across borders and across language barriers, she added.

The Goodnight, Travel Well video was directed by film and music video veteran David Slade, in collaboration with the renowned production company Anonymous Content. The creative concept was developed by the Australian advertising agency CRC, with support from the UK music consultancy Huge Music.

The video provides insight into the realities of trafficking, with a particular focus on the trafficking of children and adolescents into forced prostitution.

For more information, please vist:
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/uk_50248.html

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[BloodredRidinHood00]

Things like these make me lose my hope for humanity.

[MsAngelfield]

This is so powerful. How can someone dislike it? I guess they may be the pimps.

[meilleuregagne]

hell, hell, sex traffickers are just animals..!

[L0v32run]

This video just makes me sick. :(

[L0v32run]

@esikazemese Very true..

[kaaswinkel1]

This makes me sick, people who do this should die. things like this happen everywhere in every country in the world. young girls get exploited by loverboys and end up in a foreign country working as a prostitute. Even in my own country which is a rich westeren country it happens. But There's nothing we can do, there's nothing we can say. Goodnight travel well , victims of sex trafficking.

[Kikilicious1221]

@007nitramzlatan-There are still good things on this planet, don't give up!

[mlaj98]

63 people were scared by this, they didn't like it because the world is a very scary place, a very sad place and this scared and upset them. I liked this video, but I can easily see why someone wouldn't.

[007nitramzlatan]

I dont wanna live in this planet anymore

[travelingjohn69]

Prostitution is two people acting out of freewill. It doesnot create a want for sex trafficking.

[KellySnuggles]

@MsAngelfield People could be disliking the sex trafficking aspect of it, and not the fact that this video is to raise awareness.

[mafftheonlyone]

Sick people