ROTTERDAM DECLARATION

OF THE OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

AND

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED

DURING THE TWELFTH ANNUAL SESSION

ROTTERDAM, 5 TO 9 JULY 2003

THE ROLE OF THE OSCE IN THE NEW ARCHITECTURE OF EUROPE

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CHAPTER II

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

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The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:

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55. Calls on the participating States to develop effective, co-ordinated strategies, particularly through regional organizations like SECI, the Southeast European Co-operative Initiative, to combat corruption and organized crime, money laundering, terrorist financing and trafficking in human beings, drugs and arms;

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CHAPTER III

DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN QUESTIONS

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73. Considering that trafficking in human beings constitutes a serious and particularly repulsive form of crime, resulting in a modern form of slavery in the OSCE region,

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75. Recalling that trafficking is a form of organized and international criminality which, in response to the intensification of the fight against it, is seeking new forms and sources of financial support, and which must be combated in international co-operation embracing countries of origin, transit and destination,

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The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:

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79. Recommends that the OSCE initiates missions and election monitoring of an appropriate nature in established democracies that face new challenges such as the integration of new minorities and the fight against trafficking of human beings;

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89. Recommends that the OSCE offer itself to the participating States as the principal international organization in the co-operation and co-ordination of efforts to combat trafficking in human beings and in the development of police capacity and institution-building;

90. Appeals to all participating States to co-operate effectively in order to combat trafficking in human beings in countries of origin, transit and destination;

91. Calls for the participating States, their parliamentarians in particular, to ensure that their national legislation provides means and tools for combating trafficking, protecting its victims and co-operating on international level;

92. Suggests that the OSCE effectively organize its work on combating trafficking in human beings by appointing a Special Representative on Trafficking in Human Beings, by strengthening the resources of the Senior Police Adviser and by establishing mechanisms to co-ordinate closely with the participating States and all OSCE institutions, bodies and officials involved in combating trafficking in human beings, including the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the High Commission for National Minorities, ODIHR and the Senior Police Adviser;

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RESOLUTION ON MOLDOVA

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5. Noting with concern that trafficking in drugs, arms and human beings remains a major cause for alarm in the region,

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The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:

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12. Asks the authorities in Chisinau and Tiraspol to work effectively, in co-operation with their neighbours and relevant international institutions, in order to combat any kind of organized criminality, in particular the trafficking in drugs, arms and human beings;

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RESOLUTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

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7. Welcoming the explicit reference to trafficking in women and children,

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