In some areas, diplomacy is sidelined because the big powers are at loggerheads. Others fade away because no one is interested any longer. One of these cases is the situation of human rights and the extreme discrimination of women in Afghanistan – a «cooperating partner» of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE). Former minister for women’s affairs Sima Samar – in exile since 2021 – suggests that the Swiss chair «organize some opportunity for a real person from Afghanistan to speak to the public of Europe».