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State Department
June 18, 2004
Loy of Homeland Security Dept. to Speak at OSCE Conference; Second
Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna June 23-24
TEXT: The OSCE’s second Annual Security Review Conference will take
place in Vienna, Austria, June 23-24, bringing together delegates
from the 55 OSCE participating states to exchange views on various
security issues including terrorism, arms control, border protection,
conflict prevention and crisis management.
Among those scheduled to speak is Admiral James Loy, deputy secretary
of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Following is an OSCE media advisory with more information:
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Chairman-in-Office
18 June 2004
Media Advisory
OSCE CONFERENCE TO REVIEW BORDER SECURITY, ARMS CONTROL AND TERRORISM
THREATS
VIENNA, 18 June 2004 — A two-day conference to be held in Vienna
next week will focus on the OSCE’s activities in its
politico-military dimension, with issues such as combating terrorism,
border security and arms control on the agenda.
The second Annual Security Review Conference on 23 and 24 June will
provide a platform for the 55 OSCE participating States to exchange
views on risks and challenges to security across the OSCE region,
conflict prevention and crisis management.
Media representatives are invited to the opening plenary session of
the Conference, which around 350 political and military experts are
expected to attend, on Wednesday, 23 June, between 10:00 and 10:30,
at the OSCE premises in the Hofburg Congress Centre.
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon
Passy, and the Chairman of the OSCE’s Forum for Security
Co-operation, Armenian Ambassador Jivan Tabibian, will deliver the
opening speeches at this session.
Journalists are also invited to a press conference in Segmentgalerie
I in the Hofburg Conference Centre at 13:10 the same day. In addition
to Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy, speakers will include the EU
Coordinator on Counter-Terrorism, Gijs de Vries of the Netherlands,
and the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
Admiral James Loy.
For admittance, please bring your OSCE press badge or a valid press
card to the security desk in the lobby of the Hofburg Conference
Centre, at any time from 9:30 onwards (main entrance from
Heldenplatz). Parking space is available for the press between 9:00
and 15:00 in the OSCE-reserved parking area on Heldenplatz. Temporary
parking permits should be collected from the security desk.
Advance background information and speeches will be posted on a
special conference website
, as and when these
become available.
Richard Murphy, Spokesperson/Head of Press and Public Information,
Press and Public Information Section, OSCE Secretariat, Kaerntner
Ring 5-7 1010, Vienna, Austria. Tel.: +43 1 514 36 180, +43 664 548
53 89 (mobile). Fax: +43 1 514 36 105. E-mail:
richard.murphy@osce.org
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