Publications

The Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities in 2012, submitted in accordance with Decision 9, paragraph 6, of the 2001 Bucharest Ministerial Council Meeting, provides an overview of the police-related programmes and projects, implemented by the OSCE executive structures, including the thematic units in the Secretariat, the Institutions and the field operations, during 2012.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has published a Good Practices Guide on Non-Nuclear Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (NNCEIP) from Terrorist Attacks Focusing on Threats Emanating from Cyberspace. The Guide was developed by a number of public and private sector experts from OSCE participating States, as well as experts from the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The project was sponsored by the United States, and the work on the Guide was coordinated by the Action against Terrorism Unit (ATU) of the Transnational Threats Department in the OSCE Secretariat. A Russian version is forthcoming.

A preview of the special section on energy for participants in the 21st Economic and Environmental Forum.

The report outlines a spectrum of violence, ranging from intimidation, threats, vandalism and assault to arson and murder. It includes a set of recommendations to help OSCE participating States improve their national legal systems and provide them with tools for effectively combating hate crimes.

Guidebook to support multiethnic municipalities in Serbia in establishing councils for inter-ethnic relations and defining their competencies.

In this issue: the visit of OSCE Ambassadors to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; promoting access to INTERPOL databases; mediators in southern Kyrgyzstan; a day in the life of an OSCE Community Security Initiative Officer; articles on media freedom, including an interview with Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media; and an obituary of Max van der Stoel.

This handbook is produced jointly by ODIHR and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF). It presents an overview of legislation, policies, and mechanisms for ensuring the protection and enforcement of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of armed forces personnel.

This issue features the launch of the Lithuanian Chairmanship, a round-up of the 2010 OSCE Summit, a look at the OSCE as a security community, and more.

This yearbook is a record of the activities undertaken by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media during 2012. Preface by the 2012 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Eamon Gilmore; foreword by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović.

In this issue: Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut on the Review conference; Politico-Military Code of Conduct; Helsinki Committees; Energy security; Kyrgyzstan: Interview with Andrew Tesoriere; Tolerance conference; Support to local government.