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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Zannier strongly condemn horrific attack by extremist gunmen in Tunisia

Publishing date: 8 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
BERLIN/VIENNA, 8 March 2016 – OSCE Chairperson‑in‑Office, Federal Foreign Minister Frank‑Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned the horrific attack by violent extremist gunmen on military barracks in the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdane, bordering Libya...

OSCE trains Mongolian law enforcement officers on detecting forged travel documents

Publishing date: 7 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ULAANBAATAR, 7 March 2016 – A one-week advanced training course for 35 Mongolian law enforcement officers aimed at increasing their practical abilities to detect forged travel documents started today in Ulaanbaatar. The course is organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, at the request of the Mongolian authorities...

Early identification and prevention of violent extremism, in focus of the OSCE Mission to BiH-supported tabletop exercise

Publishing date: 3 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Countering terrorism
SARAJEVO, 3 March 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the BiH Ministry of Security and supported by the United States Government, concluded a two-day tabletop exercise at Jahorina mountain today, focusing on practical views and ideas in addressing the challenges of violent extremism...

OSCE seminar in Tajikistan aims at preventing terrorists crossing borders

Publishing date: 2 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
DUSHANBE, 2 March 2016 – An OSCE-supported seminar focusing on the use of a technologically advanced passport verification system, the International Civil Aviation Organization’ Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD), concluded today in Dushanbe...

OSCE co-hosts international roundtable discussion on countering terrorism in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 29 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism
ASTANA, 29 February 2016 – Factors underlying violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism and the ways to effectively address this threat in Central Asia and beyond were the focus of an international roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana in co-operation with the Centre for Military Strategic Research under the Ministry of Defence, in Astana today...

OSCE/ODIHR Director Link welcomes latest attempt by US President Obama to bring about closure of Guantanamo Bay detention facility

Publishing date: 24 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
WARSAW, 24 February, 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today welcomed the move by United States President Barack Obama to send to Congress a plan to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay...

OSCE PA President strongly condemns Ankara attack

Publishing date: 18 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Countering terrorism
COPENHAGEN, 18 February 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement on the 17 February terror attack in Ankara: