26/01/2010 Session
In a resolution adopted today, the Assembly called on Council of Europe member states which had not yet done so to sign and/or ratify the Council of Europe Convention on action against trafficking in human beings, and encouraged the European Union to accede to it. It also spoke out in favour of intensified co-operation with other international organisations, taking special care to avoid all risk of duplication between the different monitoring mechanisms.
The parliamentarians also asked that the GRETA – the Group of independent experts responsible for looking after the implementation of the convention – be able to command the financial and human resources needed for its activity. Finally, in line with the recommendations of Gisela Wurm (Austria, SOC), rapporteur of the Equal Opportunities Committee, PACE proposed to organise a conference in 2010 on action against trafficking, involving all partners