News and press releases

VIENNA, 18 February 2003- High-level officials from the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the United Nations discussed co-operation in the fight against terrorism and trafficking in human beings at their annual "tripartite"...

VIENNA, 16 January 2003- An interview with the new Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is the lead item in the latest issue of the OSCE Newsletter, now available online. The Newsletter also focuses on...

WASHINGTON D.C., 23 October 2002- More effective policing in the volatile Central Asia region adjoining Afghanistan is among measures that will help the United States and its allies in the region to combat terrorism and crime...

ASTANA, 3 October 2002- The second of a series of national workshops aiming at implementing the OSCE Action Programme on terrorism was held in Astana, Kazakhstan, following a similar workshop earlier this week in Bishkek...

BISHKEK, 30 September 2002- Money laundering is a direct threat to both national and international security and international co-operation is essential in resisting it, international experts said during a two-day workshop in Bishkek starting today...

VIENNA, 6 September 2002- The 55-nation OSCE is well suited to the complex task of preventing and fighting international terrorism and can serve as a valuable resource in helping to focus the efforts of participating States and other regional...

VIENNA, 29 November 2001-- Highlighting the importance of the comprehensiveness of efforts to prevent and counter terrorism will be on top of the agenda of an international conference co-organized by the Organization for Security and...