Netherlands to back Serbia's organ trafficking resolution

Head of the Dutch delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Coskun Coruz told Tanjug his country would back Serbia’s resolution on human organ trafficking. He added that these were horrendous crimes which must never repeat. Netherlands to back Serbia's organ trafficking resolution “All 56 OSCE member states must send a political signal against human organ trafficking. We must invest all our efforts and political will into the fight against this crime,” Coruz explained. He is of the opinion that the authorities should come up with the most efficient way to tackle the issue, as well as that concrete measures should be translated into a law. The draft resolution on “Combat against Illicit Trade in Human Organs”, which the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly approved for debate, and which Tanjug had access to, demands that an urgent and comprehensive international investigation under the UN mandate be carried out into kidnappings and crimes, which were aimed at removing and selling of organs in Kosovo during 1999 and immediately after that. The resolution calls for cooperation of UNMIK, EULEX and relevant national institutions so as to provide all the information, facts and documents about the crimes that are linked to kidnappings and human organ trafficking in Kosovo. The document condemns any activity aimed at illicit human organ trafficking and operation of organized criminal groups, which in this way threaten human lives, integrity and essential human rights, particularly when they are conducted on ethnic, religious, racial and political grounds. The resolution urges the OSCE member states to join their efforts to fight organized criminal groups which are involved in this type of trafficking, and recommends closer cooperation in the exchange of information and more efficient operation of the institutions of the OSCE member states in the fight against human organ trafficking. The 20th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly began in Belgrade on Wednesday and will last until Sunday. (Tanjug)

Netherlands to back Serbia's organ trafficking resolution

“All 56 OSCE member states must send a political signal against human organ trafficking. We must invest all our efforts and political will into the fight against this crime,” Coruz explained.

He is of the opinion that the authorities should come up with the most efficient way to tackle the issue, as well as that concrete measures should be translated into a law.

The draft resolution on “Combat against Illicit Trade in Human Organs”, which the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly approved for debate, and which Tanjug had access to, demands that an urgent and comprehensive international investigation under the UN mandate be carried out into kidnappings and crimes, which were aimed at removing and selling of organs in Kosovo during 1999 and immediately after that.

The resolution calls for cooperation of UNMIK, EULEX and relevant national institutions so as to provide all the information, facts and documents about the crimes that are linked to kidnappings and human organ trafficking in Kosovo.

The document condemns any activity aimed at illicit human organ trafficking and operation of organized criminal groups, which in this way threaten human lives, integrity and essential human rights, particularly when they are conducted on ethnic, religious, racial and political grounds.

The resolution urges the OSCE member states to join their efforts to fight organized criminal groups which are involved in this type of trafficking, and recommends closer cooperation in the exchange of information and more efficient operation of the institutions of the OSCE member states in the fight against human organ trafficking.

The 20th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly began in Belgrade on Wednesday and will last until Sunday.