Anti-terrorism measures high on OSCE seminar agenda in Dushanbe
(OSCE/Helmut Gram)Uzbek border guards and customs officials at an OSCE training course at the Uzbek-Tajik border, October 2003. (OSCE/Helmut Gram) Photo details
DUSHANBE, 21 October 2003 - Measures against terrorism taken by Tajikistan in the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1373 topped the agenda of a two-day OSCE seminar held in Dushanbe.
The event, which ended yesterday, aimed to provide an overview of the international requirements of Resolution 1373 and to assist Tajikistan in drafting anti-terrorism legislation in order to implement the 12 UN anti-terrorist protocols and conventions.
In the Bucharest Plan of Action of 2001, OSCE participating States reaffirmed their commitment to fully implement obligations under SCR 1373 and called upon institutions to supply technical assistance upon request.
Organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the seminar was also aimed at promoting regional technical assistance programmes designed to strengthen the legal framework against terrorism.
Halifabobo Hamidov, the Tajik Minister of Justice, stressed that Tajikistan should become party to a maximum number of conventions and treaties related to the prevention and combating of terrorism and all effective international norms in that field should be incorporated into national legislation.
The Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, Ambassador Yves Bargain, said: "The Centre intends to support future UN and OSCE/ODIHR initiatives to provide assistance to Tajikistan in its commitment to take measures to prevent and combat terrorism that fully comply with international law, including international human rights law."
Representatives from the Tajik government and various national institutions, the ODIHR, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UN Counter-Terrorism Committee, as well as an expert from Bulgaria took part in the workshop.
The event, which ended yesterday, aimed to provide an overview of the international requirements of Resolution 1373 and to assist Tajikistan in drafting anti-terrorism legislation in order to implement the 12 UN anti-terrorist protocols and conventions.
In the Bucharest Plan of Action of 2001, OSCE participating States reaffirmed their commitment to fully implement obligations under SCR 1373 and called upon institutions to supply technical assistance upon request.
Organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the seminar was also aimed at promoting regional technical assistance programmes designed to strengthen the legal framework against terrorism.
Halifabobo Hamidov, the Tajik Minister of Justice, stressed that Tajikistan should become party to a maximum number of conventions and treaties related to the prevention and combating of terrorism and all effective international norms in that field should be incorporated into national legislation.
The Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, Ambassador Yves Bargain, said: "The Centre intends to support future UN and OSCE/ODIHR initiatives to provide assistance to Tajikistan in its commitment to take measures to prevent and combat terrorism that fully comply with international law, including international human rights law."
Representatives from the Tajik government and various national institutions, the ODIHR, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UN Counter-Terrorism Committee, as well as an expert from Bulgaria took part in the workshop.