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Experts discuss ways to counter terrorist incitement at OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 20 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 20 October 2006- Strategies to counter terrorist incitement and recruitment while respecting human rights were the focus of a two-day expert workshop that ended in Vienna today...
Experts from OSCE Black Sea and Caspian countries agree to co-operate to protect ports from terrorists
Publishing date: 6 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
ANTWERP, 6 October 2006- Keeping ports safe from terrorists and other threats was the theme of a workshop concluding today that brought together port security experts from 12 OSCE Black Sea and Caspian Sea countries...
Co-operation crucial to keep public transport safe from terrorists, OSCE and International Association of Public Transport workshop concludes
Publishing date: 5 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 5 May 2006- International co-operation is essential to keep public transport networks and the passengers they carry safe from terrorist attacks, participants in a workshop on Urban Transport Security concluded today. Some 200 experts...
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 clarifies news agency stories on visit to Guantanamo
Publishing date: 9 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 9 March 2006- An OSCE Spokesperson responded today to several misleading news agency stories about the visit of a delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE to the detention centre at the US naval base of Guantanamo. The stories...
Counter-terrorism: OSCE holds workshop in Almaty on travel document security
Publishing date: 9 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, 9 December 2005- The first Central Asian regional workshop on the handling and issuance of travel documents co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the OSCE Secretariat's Action against Terrorism Unit (ATU) and hosted by the Kazakh...
OSCE holds workshop on threat posed by use of Internet by terrorists
Publishing date: 14 October 2005
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...