Secretariat - Action against Terrorism Unit

OSCE Head on Anti-Terrorism Issues Thomas Wuchte addresses a plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly for the Third Biennial Review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, New York, 29 June 2012. (UN/JC McIlwaine)
OSCE Head on Anti-Terrorism Issues Thomas Wuchte addresses a plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly for the Third Biennial Review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, New York, 29 June 2012. (UN/JC McIlwaine)
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).

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...

OSCE conference to focus on role of criminal justice institutions in preventing and combating terrorism

VIENNA, 8 November 2012 – Ways to improving capacities of criminal justice institutions to prevent and combat terrorism and radicalization that leads to terrorism will be discussed at an OSCE-organized conference to be held in Vienna on 12-13 November 2012...
Catherine Morgan of Youth Action Northern Ireland delivers her keynote address at an OSCE-organized roundtable meeting on youth engagement to counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, Vienna, 23 October 2012.

OSCE discusses youth engagement to counter violent extremism and terrorist radicalization

VIENNA, 23 October 2012 – The challenge of countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism among young people and the role of youth in countering these phenomena are the focus of a two-day meeting organized by the OSCE that began today in Vienna...

OSCE discusses role of community policing in countering terrorism

ASTANA, 12 October 2012 – An OSCE-supported seminar on countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism and the role community policing can play in this regard concluded today in Astana...

OSCE to develop guide on protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorists

The OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized a stakeholder consultation meeting to discuss an OSCE project on protecting non-nuclear critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attacks on 11 October 2012 in Vienna...
Participants of an expert meeting for anti-terrorism agencies, Bishkek, 27 July 2012.

OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosts expert meeting for anti-terrorism agencies

BISHKEK, 27 July 2012 – Exchanging expertise and enhancing co-operation and co-ordination on anti-terrorism issues was the topic of a two-day OSCE expert meeting that concluded today in Bishkek...
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