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UN-OSCE counter-terrorism conference begins with minute's silence for Madrid victims

Publishing date: 11 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 11 March 2004- A UN-OSCE counter-terrorism conference in Vienna began on Thursday with a minute's silence in honour of the victims of terrorist bomb attacks in Madrid earlier in the day...

OSCE Chairman condemns bomb attacks in Madrid

Publishing date: 11 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Countering terrorism
SOFIA, 11 March 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, condemned Thursday's terrorist bomb attacks in Madrid and offered his condolences to the people of Spain. "I am utterly appalled...

OSCE meeting focuses on fighting cross-border organized crime in south-east Europe

Publishing date: 20 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 20 February 2004- Combating organized crime, trafficking and terrorism in south-eastern Europe (SEE) was high on the agenda of a pioneering meeting which ends today in Vienna. The Seminar on Cross-border Co-operation in SEE, the first of a...

OSCE hosts first-ever international workshop on threat of shoulder-fired missiles to civil aviation

Publishing date: 23 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 23 January 2004- The growing threat that man-portable air defence systems (MANPADs) in the hands of terrorists pose against civil aviation topped the agenda of an international conference held jointly by the OSCE and the International Civil...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office pledges closer co-operation with NATO

Publishing date: 21 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BRUSSELS, 21 January 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, pledged to strengthen co-operation with NATO at a meeting with the Alliance's new Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Wednesday...

Andorran Foreign Minister urges OSCE States to pursue arms reduction through security forum

Publishing date: 21 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 21 January 2004- The Foreign Minister of Andorra, Juli Minoves, today urged OSCE participating States to focus on implementing the politico-military security decisions taken at the recent Ministerial Council in Maastricht...

OSCE human rights chief warns against use of "war on terrorism" to justify repression

Publishing date: 10 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
LONDON/WARSAW, 10 December 2003- On International Human Rights Day, the OSCE human rights chief, Ambassador Christian Strohal, has warned that the "war on terrorism" was being used in some countries as an excuse to suppress legitimate...