Secretariat - Action against Terrorism Unit

The OSCE Consolidated Framework for the Fight Against Terrorism, adopted on 7 December 2012 during the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin, provides a new blueprint for the OSCE's contribution to global efforts against terrorism. (OSCE/Dan Dennison)
The OSCE Consolidated Framework for the Fight Against Terrorism, adopted on 7 December 2012 during the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin, provides a new blueprint for the OSCE's contribution to global efforts against terrorism. (OSCE/Dan Dennison)
Established in 2002, the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit (ATU) is the Organization's focal point for co-ordinating and facilitating OSCE initiatives and capacity-building programmes in combating terrorism. The ATU is part of the OSCE Secretariat's Transnational Threats Department (TNT).

Preventing terrorist use of explosives and chemicals discussed at OSCE meeting in Sarajevo

The OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, held on 5 June 2013 a roundtable meeting in Sarajevo on the implementation of preventive aspects of the International Terrorist Bombings Convention...

Stop radicalization and violent extremism to prevent terrorism, OSCE Secretary General says at security conference

Recent terrorist attacks in the OSCE region show that terrorism and conditions that contribute to the spread of terrorism are likely to remain a key challenge for participating States, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said at an international security conference in Budapest on 29 May 2013...
The OSCE promotes the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Public Key Directory, a multilateral exchange tool to validate the authenticity of electronic security features stored in biometric passports.

OSCE-supported workshop in Armenia focuses on use of biometric passports to curb the movement of terrorists

YEREVAN, 22 May 2013 – Participants at a workshop in Yerevan today discussed ways to prevent terrorists and other criminals from crossing borders with forged travel documents...

OSCE holds training on terrorist bombing prevention in Kosovo

An OSCE-supported workshop on terrorist bombing prevention organized for representatives of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kosovo Police, relevant ministries, the customs service, the office of the special prosecutor and the business community concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 13 March 2013...

OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan in fighting terrorism

BISHKEK, 1 March 2013 – Adopting international anti-terrorism mechanisms and other measures aimed at controlling terrorists’ access to explosives and chemicals precursors were among the topics of a two-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion which ended in Bishkek today...

OSCE facilitates discussion on preventing terrorist radicalization in Kyrgyzstan

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 29 November 2012 - An OSCE seminar on countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism concluded today in Osh in the south of Kyrgyzstan...
The OSCE works with participating States to validate electronic security features stored in biometric passports.

Securing passports focus of OSCE workshop in Albania

TIRANA, 20 November 2012 - A two-day workshop on participating in the International Civil Aviation Organization Public Key Directory, a passport verification mechanism, started today in Tirana...
Anne Witkowsky, Acting Principal Deputy Coordinator of the Bureau of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State, delivering the keynote speech at an OSCE meeting on terrorism, alongside Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the UNODC, Vienna, 12 November 2012.

Strong rule of law best way to prevent terrorism, say participants at OSCE conference

VIENNA, 12 November 2012 – Strengthening institutions that uphold the rule of law as a way to effectively prevent terrorism and radicalization that leads to terrorism is the focus of an OSCE conference that started in Vienna today...
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