Meanwhile, the two most important OSCE police-related conferences in 2016 continued to attract strong interest, bringing together over 340 representatives from participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as international and regional organizations: t
The 2016 Annual Police Experts Meeting discussed good practices and lessons learned in implementing intelligence-led policing in different OSCE participating States. An OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing based on key findings from that meeting will be published in July 2017. t
The 2016 OSCE-wide Illicit Drugs Conference followed up on the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem and considered measures to support OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation in implementing the UNGASS 2016 Roadmap for Tackling the World Drug Problem. At a time when the OSCE region faces numerous security challenges – ranging from instability and armed conflict to violent extremism and terrorism, organized crime and trafficking in arms, drugs and human beings – the Organization’s engagement in police-related activities is as crucial as ever. This report well illustrates our firm determination to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement services in participating States and Partners for Co-operation to more effectively address these multiple challenges. Lamberto Zannier OSCE Secretary General 3