68 Partners in Implementation PART I Sofia 2004 (Decisions: Annex to Decision No. 14/04, 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality) V. Supporting OSCE participating States in implementing relevant commitments to promoting equality between women and men (…) (d) Ensuring equal opportunity for participation of women in political and public life — The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM) will be alert to allegations of serious intolerance towards women and incitement to gender discrimination in or by the media in participating States in accordance with Chapter 6 of the mandate of the RFOM. The Representative will inform the participating States of such cases in his/her regular reports. Brussels 2006 (Decisions: Decision No. 13/06 on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination and Promoting Mutual Respect and Understanding) The Ministerial Council, (…) 15. Encourages the Representative on Freedom of the Media, within available resources, to consider reviewing best practices in matters of his/her competency relating to combating intolerance; (…) Helsinki 2008 (Ministerial Declaration on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media, we recognize the work of this institution in promoting independent and pluralistic media essential to a free and open society and accountable systems of government. We call on participating States and Partners for Co‑operation to create an environment where free and independent media can flourish. D. The Secretariat, Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Brussels 2006 (Decisions: Decision No. 3/06 on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings) The Ministerial Council, (…) Recalling Decision  No.  2/03 of the Eleventh Ministerial Council Meeting in Maastricht on combating trafficking in human beings, which established, under the aegis of the Permanent Council, the OSCE mechanism to provide assistance to participating States to combat trafficking in human beings, Reaffirming the importance of having an appropriate structure with adequate administrative and financial resources that can operate at the political level, 1. Decides that the OSCE mechanism to provide assistance to participating States to combat trafficking in human beings, established under the aegis of the Permanent Council, shall be