Ashgabat, December 2, 2009. –A workshop for Central Asian Countries on Non-Proliferation and International Legal Co-operation against Biological, Chemical and Nuclear Terrorism opened today in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It is jointly organized by the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
For two days, prosecutors, law enforcement representatives and judicial experts involved in prosecution of terrorist cases and related international judicial co-operation, will have an opportunity to discuss universal conventions and protocols related to nuclear, biological and chemical terrorism and relevant international and regional instruments pertaining to non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Special focus will be on international co-operation in criminal matters relating to biological, chemical and nuclear terrorism, including the rule of law aspects of extradition and mutual legal assistance in terrorism related criminal cases.