PART I
Implementation of Commitments
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Budapest 1994 (Decisions: VIII. The Human Dimension)
5. Building on the implementation review structures in the Helsinki Document 1992 and to
improve human dimension implementation, the participating States will use the Permanent
Council for an enhanced dialogue on the human dimension and for possible action in cases
of non-implementation. To this end, the participating States decide that human dimension issues will be regularly dealt with by the Permanent Council. They will draw more widely on
the possibilities offered by the Moscow Mechanism for examining or promoting the solution
of questions relating to the human dimension on their territory.
6. They encourage the Chairman-in-Office to inform the Permanent Council of serious cases of alleged non-implementation of human dimension commitments, including on the basis
of information from the ODIHR, reports and recommendations of the High Commissioner
on National Minorities (HCNM), or reports of the head of a CSCE mission and information
from the State concerned.
C. Counter-Terrorism Network
Maastricht 2003 (Decisions: Decision No. 6/03 on Terms of Reference for the OSCE CounterTerrorism Network)
The Ministerial Council,
Decides to establish the OSCE Counter-Terrorism Network (CTN) in accordance with the
terms of reference for the Network contained in the annex to this decision.
(Annex to Decision No. 6/03: OSCE Counter-Terrorism Network: Terms of Reference)
The primary purpose of the OSCE Counter-Terrorism Network (CTN) is to promote the
strengthening of co-ordination of counter-terrorism measures and information-sharing between OSCE participating States. In particular, it aims to strengthen the liaison between
the delegations of participating States, counter-terrorism officials in capitals and the OSCE
Action against Terrorism Unit (ATU).* The Network facilitates timely exchanges of information on counter-terrorism programmes, training and legal developments initiated by the
OSCE and participating States, as well as on open-source analyses concerning trends in terrorist phenomena. The primary emphasis will be placed on supporting and supplementing the
work of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee in implementing
Security Council resolution 1373. The CTN is not intended to be a conduit for intelligence or
other sensitive information, nor does it seek to duplicate functions of other international and
regional law-enforcement networks.
Each government will designate a principal liaison to serve, through its OSCE delegation, as
the principal contact point with the ATU on counter-terrorism matters. The principal liaison
* The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) has supported the development of such regional networks
to strengthen co-operation and co-ordination. The Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism
(CICTE), within the Organization of American States, has already developed a regional hemispheric network of national points of contact. The ATU is grateful for and acknowledges CICTE’s advice and assistance in developing the OSCE
Counter-Terrorism Network.
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