Newsroom
News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and UN Office of Counter-Terrorism discuss ways to responsibly use passenger data to prevent return of foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 30 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) organized the fourth OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange on 29 and 30 October 2020, bringing together more than 250 passenger data experts from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation...
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime sign 2020-2022 joint action plan
Publishing date: 17 July 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Fathi Waly signed a plan of joint action for the period 2020-2022 today at UNODC in Vienna...
OSCE and INTERPOL discuss ways to strengthen co-operation in countering transnational threats
Publishing date: 5 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
BRATISLAVA, 5 December 2019 – A high-level side event on “Border Security and Counter-Terrorism” was held today on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava. The panel discussion focused on the long-standing co-operation between the OSCE and INTERPOL and was attended by high-level representatives of the two organizations.
Using passenger data exchange systems to address risks posed by returning foreign terrorist fighters explored at OSCE-UNOCT Seminar in Vienna
Publishing date: 1 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 1 November 2019- More than 170 experts from OSCE participating States and the Partners for Co-operation gathered in Vienna on 31 October and 1 November 2019 for the Third OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange. The event, which this year focuses on how to counter the risks posed by returned foreign terrorist fighters, was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT)...
Benefits of biometric technology in countering terrorism, and responsibly using and sharing data, explored at OSCE-Biometrics Institute Conference
Publishing date: 11 April 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 11 April 2019 – The benefits and potential of biometric technology in countering terrorism, and how to responsibly use and share collected biometric data, are being explored at a two-day conference which launched today in Vienna. More than 200 decision-makers, policy-makers, experts in biometrics and private sector representatives from the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation are taking part...
OSCE Mobile Training Team trains Kyrgyz border officers in Bishkek to enhance their capacities to identify foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
The OSCE Mobile Training Team delivered an interactive training course on the identification of foreign terrorist fighters at the borders for 27 first- and second-line border officers and instructors of Kyrgyzstan’s border institutions from 2 to 4 April 2019 in Bishkek...
Countering risks posed by returning foreign terrorist fighters discussed at OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
More than 150 experts and law enforcement officials from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation took part in the OSCE’s Second OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit on 1 and 2 November 2018 in Vienna...