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OSCE and UN Office of Counter-Terrorism discuss ways to responsibly use passenger data to prevent return of foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 30 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) organized the fourth OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange on 29 and 30 October 2020, bringing together more than 250 passenger data experts from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation...
Economic consequences of COVID-19 on national minorities and importance of post-pandemic recovery policies focus of OSCE discussion
Publishing date: 30 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, National minority issues
National minorities and other vulnerable groups are at risk of paying the highest costs of COVID-19’s economic consequences, said participants of an online discussion hosted by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) on 30 October 2020...
OSCE organizes workshop on law enforcement agencies’ response to COVID-19 in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
The Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (SPMU), in co operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, organized a workshop on law enforcement agencies’ response to COVID-19 in Uzbekistan and international best practices on 28 October 2020, for representatives of the country’s law enforcement agencies...
Gender-sensitive policy responses required during crises to better protect women against gender-based violence, say participants at OSCE event
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
Content type: News
What we do: Gender equality
The impact of emergencies on violence against women and the need for gender-sensitive crisis responses were in focus at a special event organized on the margins of the third OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference on 27 October 2020.
OSCE and UN partners train practitioners from Central Asia on effective investigations of cybercrimes and terrorist use of Internet
Publishing date: 23 October 2020
A three-day online training course for over 70 practitioners from the five Central Asian states on the effective investigation of crimes committed in cyberspace and with the use of digital technologies concluded on 23 October 2020. The event was organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department jointly with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism- UN Centre for Counter-Terrorism (UNCCT- UNOCT), and the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA) with the support of the OSCE field operations in Central Asia...
OSCE and Republic of Korea conference: focus on new technologies, their impact on international security and terrorism while safeguarding human rights
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
SEOUL/VIENNA, 15 October 2020 – New technologies need to be backed up with necessary human rights safeguards, furthering the OSCE’s comprehensive approach to security, say participants at the fourth inter-regional conference on the Impact of Emerging Technologies on International Security and Terrorism. Foreign Affairs Ministry of Korea, in co-operation with the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the OSCE External Co-operation Section, organized the virtual conference on 14 October 2020...
2020 OSCE Asian Conference participants urge for OSCE’s comprehensive engagement in times of global security challenges
Publishing date: 12 October 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 12 October 2020 – Multilateral responses to the global security challenges in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the OSCE’s comprehensive engagement are the focus of the two-day 2020 OSCE Asian Conference, virtually hosted by the Republic of Korea, in close co-operation with Slovakia, the 2020 OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Group Chair...
Partnerships between governments, civil society and private sector crucial to counter-terrorism efforts, concludes OSCE-wide Conference
Publishing date: 15 September 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 15 September 2020 – We need to strengthen partnerships between governments, civil society and the private sector in efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism (VERLT), participants of the 2020 OSCE Chairmanship Counter-Terrorism Conference concluded at the end of the two-day meeting in Vienna today...
Improve transparency and institutions’ resilience in fight against corruption urge participants of 2020 OSCE Forum in Prague
Publishing date: 10 September 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
What we do: Environmental activities, Environmental good governance
PRAGUE, 10 September 2020 – “Corruption shrinks tax revenue, distorts markets, hampers trade and investment and deepens inequalities. Every time illegal private gain wins out against the public good, it weakens our social fabric. Our objective is nothing short of zero tolerance for corruption,” said Albania’s Acting Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania Gent Cakaj, while opening the 2020 OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum today in Prague...
OSCE official praises Finland’s reforms to counter human trafficking and encourages further efforts on victim identification and prosecution
Publishing date: 3 September 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 3 September 2020 – The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Valiant Richey, wrapped up a series of two-day online consultations with high-level officials of Finland today. He concluded that the Finnish Government is demonstrating strong political initiative to combat trafficking but needs to increase its efforts to counter impunity and identify victims, particularly children and those exploited online.