As I said, the OSCE is the world's largest regional security organization and...

As I said, the OSCE is the world's largest regional security organization and it plays an important role throughout the region also in mediation, dialogue facilitation, good offices and quiet diplomacy. The organization has increased its efforts to ensuring that these processes are inclusive. We are pleased to announce that next week in Istanbul, on 24 October, the OSCE will launch a Guidance Note on Gender-Responsive Mediation. The purpose of the guidance note is to increase women's participation in mediation, dialogues and quiet diplomacy initiatives, but also to strengthen the capacity of mediators to understand how the substantive concerns of both men and women can be included in these processes and what the benefits of inclusivity for the sustainability of conflict resolution and reconciliation are. We are grateful to UN DPA and the Mediation Support Unit for an inspiring co-operation in the preparation of this Guidance Note.