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ticipating State concerned and discuss the provisions of advice and concrete assistance,
if needed;
(h) Co-operate with National Rapporteurs or other national mechanisms established
by participating States for co-ordinating and monitoring the anti-trafficking activities
of State institutions. It will also co-operate with relevant Non-Governmental Organizations of the participating States. Furthermore, it will assume responsibility within the
OSCE for hosting and facilitating meetings for the exchange of information and experience between national co-ordinators, representatives designated by participating States,
or experts on combating trafficking in human beings;
(i) Closely co-operate and co-ordinate with the Office for Democratic Institutions and
Human Rights (ODIHR) and other OSCE Institutions, the Secretary General, relevant structures of the Secretariat including the Office of the Co-ordinator for OSCE
Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), the Strategic Police Matters Unit
(SPMU), the Senior Gender Adviser, as well as, where appropriate, the OSCE field operations. The mechanism will draw on the expertise within these OSCE structures, and
will see that duplication is avoided. Participate when appropriate in the work of the
Informal Working Group on Gender Equality and Anti-Trafficking in Human Beings;
(j) Co-operate and co-ordinate with relevant international actors such as the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations
Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, as well as the International
Organization for Migration, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, the European Union, the Council of Europe, the Stability Pact Task Force on
Trafficking in Human Beings, the Council of Baltic Sea States, the Southeast European
Co-operative Initiative, Interpol and Europol;
3. Affirms that the Special Representative will be politically accountable to, and will
report regularly and when appropriate to the Permanent Council. It will function in
accordance with Decision No. 8 of the Tenth Meeting of the Ministerial Council in
Porto;
4. Calls on the Chairmanship-in-Office to appoint as Special Representative a prominent personality with relevant expertise, according to OSCE procedures, following consultations with participating States through the Preparatory Committee on his or her
mandate (…)
5. Tasks the Permanent Council to establish the above-mentioned special unit, as a part
of the OSCE Secretariat, with contracted or seconded staff. The Special Representative
will have the capacity of the special unit at his or her full disposal in order to effectively
implement the above-mentioned tasks (…)
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