Bucharest, September 13th, 2016 – The Director General of SELEC, Mr. Toni Jakimovski and the Director for Operations, Mr. Romulus Nicolae Ungureanu, welcomed today at the SELEC Headquarters, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, who was accompanied by Ms.Tarana Baghirova, Acting Country Visit Officer and Mr. Claudio Formisano, Executive and Programme Officer.
SELEC’s mission, mechanism of functioning and its Task Forces, mainly the Task Force Mirage on Countering Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration were presented by Mr. Jakimovski, while Mr. Ungureanu provided information about the operational activities and results of SELEC within this area and the support provided to the Member States in preventing and combating the trafficking in human beings phenomenon.
The OSCE Special Representative informed about the latest developments in OSCE regarding this topic and mentioned that SELEC will continue to be invited to participate in OSCE initiatives and meetings, for the benefit of both organizations and their member states.
The Director General of SELEC encouraged the cooperation between SELEC and OSCE and the establishment of a partnership between the two organizations.