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OSCE Ambassadors to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina from 19 to 22 June

Publishing date: 16 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Countering terrorism, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 16 June 2016- OSCE Heads of Delegations will visit the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) from 19 to 22 June 2016, where they will learn more about the Mission’s work and see first-hand how post-conflict rehabilitation and reform is progressing in the country...

Empowerment of youth crucial in preventing violent extremism, conclude participants at OSCE meeting in Vienna

Publishing date: 14 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Youth
VIENNA, 14 June 2016 – Preventing and responding to the terrorist radicalization of youth north and south of the Mediterranean was in focus of the OSCE Mediterranean Contact Group meeting held today in Vienna...

OSCE Chairperson Steinmeier and Secretary General Zannier condemn senseless and horrific violence in Orlando

Publishing date: 13 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Countering terrorism, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA / BERLIN, 13 June 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier together expressed shock and deep sorrow regarding the deadly attack in Orlando...

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President condemns mass shooting in Orlando, Florida

Publishing date: 13 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Countering terrorism
COPENHAGEN, 13 June 2016 – In response to this weekend’s deadly shooting in Orlando, Florida, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement...

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President condemns terrorist attack in Istanbul

Publishing date: 7 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Countering terrorism
COPENHAGEN, 7 June 2016 – Following today’s car bombing in a central tourist district in Istanbul, killing 11 and wounding dozens, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement...

OSCE seminar in Kazakhstan aims at preventing terrorists from crossing borders

Publishing date: 2 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ASTANA, 2 June 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 Astana...

OSCE contest challenges violent extremist narratives through art

Publishing date: 31 May 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
BERLIN, 31 May 2016 – To develop a powerful message against violent extremism, the OSCE in partnership with eYeka, a global community of talented creators, has launched a design contest today, the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier announced. Under the #LetsDoodle hashtag, the contest invites artists and designers to develop a cartoon character that will challenge the binary, us versus them, black-and-white thinking that often underpins violent extremist narratives...