OSCE Mission to Georgia organizes regional anti-trafficking conference

TBILISI, 1 June 2007 - Authorities and civil society must co-operate tightly to be able to identify and assist victims of human trafficking, participants concluded at an OSCE-supported conference that ended today in the Adjara region, western Georgia.

Regional law-enforcement authorities and civil society representatives discussed anti-trafficking experiences, lessons learned and new ways to co-operate during the two-day workshop.

"This meeting is part of the OSCE Mission's activities to support the development of a national referral mechanism for victims of trafficking in Georgia," said Guillaume Siemenski, Head of the Human Dimension Office in the OSCE Mission to Georgia.

The workshop was paid for by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and organized by the OSCE Mission in co-operation with the non-governmental organizations Tanadgoma and the Centre for Human Rights Union "Article 42 of the Constitution".