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OSCE and International Association of Public Transport to host Urban Transport Security workshop
Publishing date: 28 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 28 April 2006- Recent terrorist attacks on the metros, trains and buses of London, Madrid and Moscow have demonstrated the vulnerability of urban and regional public transport systems. They also highlighted the fact that though terrorism is...
OSCE Chairman calls on Uzbekistan to make domestic reforms and strengthen civil society
Publishing date: 2 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 1 April 2006- On the final stop of his visit to Central Asia to strengthen its relations with the OSCE, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, met top officials and civil society representatives in Uzbekistan...
OSCE Chairman urges Kyrgyz authorities to prioritize fight against human trafficking and money laundering
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 29 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has urged Kyrgyzstan's authorities to make the fight against human trafficking and money laundering a top priority...
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...
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
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...
OSCE Representative on Intolerance against Muslims cautions against tendency to identify terrorism with Islam
Publishing date: 12 July 2005
Content type: Press release
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...