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NATO Secretary General calls for closer links with OSCE

Publishing date: 3 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 3 November 2005- Addressing representatives of the 55 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe today, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called for the two organizations to translate their...

NATO Secretary General to address OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday

Publishing date: 2 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 2 November 2005- NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will address Representatives of the 55 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on Thursday 3 November...

OSCE holds workshop on threat posed by use of Internet by terrorists

Publishing date: 14 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 14 October 2005- Identifying ways of combating the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes while ensuring continued respect for human rights was the aim of a meeting of experts that ended today in Vienna. Hosted by the OSCE...

Helsinki 30 years on: OSCE Chairman calls for 'same political courage' to guide future of the Organization

Publishing date: 1 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Countering terrorism
HELSINKI, 1 August 2005- Invoking the spirit of Helsinki of three decades ago, the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said the Organization's members needed to display the same political courage in plotting...

OSCE discusses international co-operation to protect human rights in the fight against terrorism

Publishing date: 15 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 15 July 2005- Human rights experts attending a two-day OSCE conference discussed the need for effective co-operation among governments, NGOs and international agencies to ensure protection of human rights in the fight against terrorism. "We...

Transition in Kyrgyzstan is focus of OSCE Magazine

Publishing date: 12 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, National minority issues
VIENNA, 12 July 2005- The changing of the guard in Europe's largest security organization and the OSCE's dynamic partnership with Kyrgyzstan as it ushers in a challenging phase in its history are the main themes in the OSCE Magazine's latest issue...

OSCE Representative on Intolerance against Muslims cautions against tendency to identify terrorism with Islam

Publishing date: 12 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ANKARA, 12 July 2005- Omur Orhun, the OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims, condemned last week's terrorist attacks in London but noted with regret a tendency to identify Islam with terror...