Raphael Perl, the head of the OSCE action against terrorism unit, spoke during the United Nations meeting on global counter-terrorism strategy. Perl said the OSCE is striving to advance counter-terrorism commitments for the intergovernmental organization's 56 participating states, the OSCE reported.

Perl said the OSCE is working with states to crack down on money-laundering and terrorism financing, along with implementing new cargo security measures at seaports and border checkpoints, among other ongoing counter-terrorism measures.

"The U.N. global counter-terrorism strategy sets important strategic guidelines in the campaign against global terrorism. But it also recognizes that the strategy requires implementation: global, regional and national," Perl said in a statement.

"These are the three pillars of strategy implementation -- and regional organizations such as the OSCE have a central role to play here. The OSCE has been very active indeed."

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