| There is a new development of terrorism that once | | | | 8. Reaffirm that every State is obliged to refrain |
| had its roots in ethnic or seperatist movements, | | | | from harbouring terrorists,organizing, instigating, |
| selective targets, and confined small geographic areas | | | | providing active or passive support or assistance to, |
| with little knowledge of technological use. In recent | | | | or otherwise sponsoring terroist acts in another |
| years terrorism is used as an instrument of foreign | | | | State, or acquiescing in organized activities within its |
| policy. Since terrorism is a low intensity warfare and | | | | territory directed towards the commission of such |
| is not easy to fight, terrorist groups are nascent and | | | | acts; |
| learn from each other and situations which makes | | | | 9. Will co-operate to ensure that any person who |
| them a chronic problem to the international | | | | wilfully particpates in financing, planning, preparing or |
| community. | | | | perpetrating terrorist acts, or in supporting such acts, |
| International organizations have decided to cooperate | | | | is brought to justice and, to that end, will afford one |
| with each other to prevent and combat terrorism. | | | | another the greatest measure of assistance in |
| One such organization is the Organization for Security | | | | providing information in connection with criminal |
| and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The OSCE charter | | | | investigations or criminal extradition proceedings |
| is firmly committed to preventing and combatting | | | | relating to terrorist acts, in accordance with their |
| terrorism. Some of the OSCE stated goals are: | | | | domestic law and international obligations; |
| 1. Condenm in the strongest terms terrorism in all its | | | | 10. Will take appropiate steps to ensure that asylum |
| forms and manifestations, committed no matter | | | | is not granted to any person who has planned, |
| when, where or by whom and reiterate that no | | | | facilitated or participated in terrorists acts, in |
| circumstances or motive can justify acts of or | | | | conformity with relevant provisions of national and |
| support terrorism; | | | | international law, and through the proper application |
| 2. Firmly reject identification of terrorism with any | | | | of the exclusion clauses contained in 1951 Convention |
| nationality or religion, nation or people; | | | | Relating to the Status of Refugees. |
| 3. Recognize that terrorism requires a co-ordinated | | | | 11. Will work together to prevent , suppress, |
| and comprehensive response and that acts of | | | | investigate and prosecute terrorist acts, including |
| international terrorism, as stated in the United Nations | | | | through increased co-operation and full |
| Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), constitute a | | | | implementation of the relevant international |
| threat to international and regional peace and | | | | conventions and protocls relating to terrorism. |
| security; | | | | 12. Are convenced of the need to address |
| 4. Declare that acts, methods and pratices of | | | | conditionsthat may foster and sustain terrorism, in |
| terrorism, as well as knowingly providing assistance | | | | particular by fully respecting democracy and the rule |
| to, acquiescing in, finacing, planning and inciting such | | | | of law. |
| acts, are contrary to the purpose and principles of | | | | 13. Acknowledge the positive role the media can play |
| the United Nations and the OSCE; | | | | in promoting tolerance and understanding among |
| 5. Consider of utmost importance to complement the | | | | religions, beliefs, cultures and peoples, as well as for |
| ongoing implementation of OSCE commitments on | | | | raising awareness of the threat of terrorism. |
| terrorism with a reaffirmation of the fundamental and | | | | 14. Commit themselves to combat hate speech and |
| timeless principles on which OSCE action has been | | | | to take the necessary measures to prevent the |
| undertaken and will continue to be based in the | | | | abuse of the media and information technology for |
| future, and to which particpating States fully | | | | terrorist purposes. |
| subscribe; | | | | 15. Reaffirm that aems control, disarmament and |
| 6. Reaffirm their commitment to take the measures | | | | non-proliferation remain indispensable elements of |
| need to protect human rights and fundamental | | | | co-operation security between states; that they can |
| freedoms, especially the right to life, of everyone | | | | also make an essential contribution by reducing the |
| within their jurisdiction against terrorist acts; | | | | risk of terrorists gaining access to weapons and |
| 7. Undertake to implement effective and resolute | | | | materials of mass destuction. |
| measures against terrorism and to conduct all | | | | These are some of the OSCE provisions that are |
| counter-terrorism measures and co-operation in | | | | written in the charter to prevent and combat |
| accordance with the rule of law, the united Nations | | | | terrorism. There is much to be done by all the |
| Charter and the relevant provisions of international | | | | international organizations to make the world safe |
| law, international standards of human rights and, | | | | from terrorism. |
| where applicaple, international humanitarian law; | | | | |