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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General welcome UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism
Publishing date: 15 January 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
BERLIN / VIENNA, 15 January 2016 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today welcomed the presentation by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism...
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier strongly condemns deadly Istanbul attack
Publishing date: 12 January 2016
VIENNA, 12 January 2016 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned in the strongest terms the act of terror perpetrated on a tourist site in Istanbul that killed at least 10 people and left another 15 wounded.
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier meets President of Italy’s Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini
Publishing date: 22 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
VIENNA, 22 December 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today met the President of Italy’s Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini, to discuss ongoing co-operation between Italy and the OSCE and key security issues of common concern, including the current refugee and migration emergency, radicalization and violent extremism, the situation in the Western Balkans and human trafficking.
OSCE facilitates discussion in Tajikistan on draft national strategy to counter Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism
Publishing date: 14 December 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Countering terrorism
A two-day high-level roundtable discussion organized by the Office in Tajikistan on the draft national strategy to counter Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (VERLT) concluded in Dushanbe on 11 December 2015...
OSCE Chairperson, OSCE Secretary General and ODIHR Director welcome UN Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
Publishing date: 12 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Youth
BELGRADE / VIENNA / WARSAW, 12 December 2015 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link today welcomed the adoption by the UN Security Council earlier this week of a Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security...
OSCE workshop in Vienna focuses on networking mechanisms to counter terrorist kidnapping and hostage-taking
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
VIENNA, 10 December 2015 – Establishing an international network of national contact points to co-operate on addressing cases of kidnapping and hostage–taking by terrorists is the focus of a two-day meeting starting in Vienna today and organized by the Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE...
OSCE-supported regional workshop in Malta for judges, prosecutors and investigators focuses on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes
Publishing date: 7 December 2015
Countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes was the focus of a two-day regional workshop organized in Malta on 2-3 December 2015 by the OSCE in co-operation with the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ)...