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OSCE Chairperson condemns bomb attacks in Afghanistan, offers condolences
VILNIUS, 7 December 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned yesterday’s bomb attacks in Afghanistan in which over 60 people were killed and many injured...
Respecting human rights while combating transnational threats - OSCE-supported workshop held in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 29 November 2011 – A three-day OSCE-supported workshop which started in Tashkent today will focus on building the capacity of the national police in advancing the implementation of human rights while addressing transnational crimes, such as trafficking and terrorism...
Tackling cybercrime focus of OSCE conference in Baku
BAKU, 6 October 2011 – A two-day OSCE-supported conference on tackling cybercrime opened in Baku today... ()
OSCE contributes to Kyrgyzstan’s efforts in preventing extremism and radicalization through community policing
BISHKEK, 4 October 2011 – A two-day workshop on how community policing can help counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, organized by the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry, started today in Bishkek... ()
Early warning, regional mechanisms key to countering terrorist threat, OSCE anti-terrorism head tells UN committee
UNITED NATIONS, 28 September 2011 – Regional organizations have a critical role in putting global strategies to fight terrorism into practice, said Raphael Perl, the Head on Anti-Terrorism Issues at the OSCE Secretariat, at a special meeting of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee today...
OSCE holds expert meeting in Moldova on preventing and countering terrorist financing
CHISINAU, 27 September 2011 – Investigating and prosecuting the financing of terrorism is the focus of a three-day OSCE-organized meeting that opened today in Chisinau...
OSCE and Council of Europe leaders discussed joint efforts to fight terrorism and human trafficking, promote minority rights and support democratic transition processes in the Southern Mediterranean
NEW YORK, United States, 21 September 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met the Council of Europe’s Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers, Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, and Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland in New York today.
OSCE trains law enforcement officers in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the protection of human rights in the fight against terrorism
SARAJEVO, 16 September 2011 - The need to protect human rights while countering terrorism was the focus of a three-day training course for law enforcement officers that ended in Sarajevo today...
OSCE organizes workshop on public-private partnerships to enhance tourism security
VIENNA, 8 September 2011 – Participants of a two-day workshop organized by the OSCE that started in Vienna today will discuss tourism security within the framework of public-private partnerships...
OSCE meeting in Vienna to discuss role of public-private partnerships in enhancing tourism security
VIENNA, 6 September 2011 – An OSCE-organized workshop on public-private partnerships in enhancing tourism security, held upon the initiative of the US and Russia, will start in Vienna on 8 September...