Implementation of Commitments pa rt I 3. Respond to information and requests for action from principal liaisons in a timely manner. 4. Ensure that, through the delegations, the principal liaisons are kept fully informed of developments regarding significant counter-terrorism matters that affect the OSCE region, by means of regular distribution by email of an ATU newsletter and of regular updates of the OSCE ATU home page. 5. Co-ordinate with the principal liaison, through the delegation concerned, when an OSCE ATU official travels to a participating State in connection with terrorism-related matters. Responsibilities of principal liaisons 1. Ensure that communications from the ATU reach the appropriate government offices, and that responses to the ATU are forwarded in a timely manner. 2. Provide information to the ATU about significant national developments regarding action to combat terrorism, including new counter-terrorism legislation*, counter-terrorism training or assistance programmes and examples of national “best practices”. 3. Communicate information on seminars, workshops and conferences related to counter-terrorism concerns that participating States may host, and that are open to outside participation. 4. Serve as the principal co-ordinator for OSCE anti-terrorism seminars, workshops and conferences involving the principal liaison’s participating State. 5. Co-ordinate, prioritize and communicate, on behalf of the participating State concerned, training and assistance needs and requests related to counter-terrorism matters that the OSCE might support or facilitate (…) E. Other Mechanisms Prague 1992 (Document on Further Development of CSCE Institutions and Structures: IV. Safeguarding Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law) 16. The Council decided, in order to develop further the CSCE’s capability to safeguard human rights, democracy and the rule of law through peaceful means, that appropriate action may be taken by the Council or the Committee of Senior Officials, if necessary in the absence of the consent of the State concerned, in cases of clear, gross and uncorrected violations of relevant CSCE commitments. Such actions would consist of political declarations or other political steps to apply outside the territory of the State concerned. This decision is without prejudice to existing CSCE mechanisms. * The OSCE ATU relies on official notifications of ratification through the web sites of the relevant depositories of anti-terrorism instruments for the most accurate information on ratification. 22 OSCE Human Dimension Commitments