News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps Kyrgyzstan implement UN resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 16 September 2016
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 16 September 2016 – A two-day roundtable to discuss the National Action Plan (NAP) on the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1540 on effective measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction concluded today in the village of Bulan Sogottu, Issyk-Kul region...
Effective international counter-terrorism policies and Universal Anti-Terrorism Instruments in focus at OSCE seminar in Tashkent
Publishing date: 15 September 2016
TASHKENT, 15 September 2016 – An OSCE-organized seminar for some 40 state officials, parliamentarians and experts on effective national counter-terrorism policies, guided by the relevant international legal framework, took place today in Tashkent...
Human rights must be guaranteed when fighting violent extremism online, participants at OSCE workshop in Sarajevo say
Publishing date: 8 September 2016
SARAJEVO, 8 September 2016 – Laws and policies on content blocking, surveillance and other online measures to counter terrorism must also safeguard the fundamental right to free expression online, according to participants at an OSCE-sponsored two-day event in Sarajevo, which ended today...
Criminal justice responses to terrorism are the focus of OSCE-supported seminar in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 7 September 2016
SARAJEVO, 7 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported seminar on strengthening rule of law-compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism, which brought together over 30 legal, security and counterterrorism practitioners from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), concluded today in Sarajevo...
OSCE supports seminar on anti-money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 7 September 2016
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 7 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for some 60 banking, insurance, security industry and government sector representatives began today in Almaty...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana trains notaries and advocates on countering money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 16 August 2016
ASTANA, 16 August 2016 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for some 45 notaries, advocates and government officials took place today in Astana. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in co-operation with the Finance Ministry’s Financial Monitoring Committee...
OSCE course in Tajikistan highlights role of religious dialogue in preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 10 August 2016
A three-day training course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on the importance of religious dialogue and the role of religious leaders in efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT), promoting peace and building trust between various parties, commenced on 9 August 2016 in Dushanbe...