Human Rights The ODIHR works closely with other parts of the OSCE engaged in anti-trafficking work. It co-ordinates its activities with the Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, sharing information and findings from its activities and contributing to the organization of the Representative’s events and conferences, in addition to inviting the Representative to contribute to the organization of ODIHR events. The ODIHR and the Anti-Trafficking Assistance Unit have prepared joint papers for the Permanent Council’s Working Group on Human Rights Protection and Non-discrimination on new political commitments on trafficking, and have also provided joint comments on national policy documents, including, for example, on the national action plans of Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. The ODIHR continues to provide regular support to field missions and hosts an annual meeting in Warsaw for OSCE anti-trafficking focal points. VI. Human rights, women and security UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) was the first-ever resolution passed by the Security Council that focuses specifically on women and security. The OSCE took up the tasks outlined in the resolution in its own Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality of 2004, which calls on OSCE structures to promote implementation of the resolution on the role of women in, inter alia, the prevention of conflicts and post-conflict reconstruction. All OSCE participating States are obliged to implement the resolution; as member states of the United Nations, they have agreed to accept and implement the decisions of the Security Council. A number of countries, such as Sweden and the UK, have developed national action plans on implementation of UNSCR 1325. This means that different states can contribute in different ways to strengthening a gender perspective in prevention and resolution of conflicts, crisis management, and peace-building and peacekeeping. Doing so requires that states identify SARAH CROZIER Co-operation their respective areas of priority and possibilities to contribute to the implementation of the resolution. The ODIHR has been raising awareness of, and promoting implementation of, the resolution in South-Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In the former, the ODIHR, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, conducted a one-day training workshop in Sarajevo for both government officials and representatives of non-governmental organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia, including Kosovo. The second phase of the project involved a two-day roundtable, where participants developed a regional action plan for implementation of the resolution. In Central Asia, the ODIHR organized the first-ever regional roundtable on implementation of UNSCR 1325. With both governmental officials and civil society representatives participating, from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, the purpose of the roundtable was to raise awareness of the provisions of the resolution and to find ways forward for further implementation and co-operation at both the national and regional levels. The event was organized in partnership with the United Nations Development Fund for Women in the Annual Report  Representing an Italian NGO, Manfred Bergman spoke on the rights of migrant workers at a side event during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw, 4 October. 61

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