Country Councils OSAC Country Councils are an overseas extension of OSAC and provide a forum for effective communication between the U.S. Embassy and the American private sector in a given country. There are currently over 55 OSAC country councils operating globally. Country Councils provide participants the latest security related information, educational seminars, and organization when confronting today's security threats. For information on joining an established country council in your area or starting a country council, please contact the OSAC executive office or contact the American Embassy in your country and ask for the Regional Security Officer. Country Council Locations The following is a list of the current country councils. It will be updated as more councils are started. Western Hemisphere   Bogotá, Colombia Buenos Aires, Argentina Caracas, Venezuela Guadalajara, Mexico Guatemala City, Guatemala La Paz, Bolivia Lima, Peru Mexico City, Mexico Montevideo, Uruguay Panama City, Panama Port au Prince, Haiti Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Quito, Ecuador Rio de Janeiro, Brazil San Jose, Costa Rica Sao Paulo, Brazil San Salvador, El Salvador Santiago, Chile Europe Athens, Greece Baku, Azerbaijan Brussels, Belgium Budapest, Hungary Copenhagen, Denmark Dublin, Ireland Frankfurt, Germany Istanbul, Turkey London, UK Madrid, Spain Moscow, Russia Munich, Germany Paris, France Rome, Italy St. Petersburg, Russia The Hague, Netherlands Warsaw, Poland Middle East Africa Abu Dhabi, UAE Algiers, Algeria Baghdad, Iraq Beirut, Lebanon Cairo, Egypt Casablanca, Morocco Doha, Qatar Dubai, UAE Kuwait City, Kuwait Manama, Bahrain Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Accra, Ghana Johannesburg / Pretoria, S. Africa Lusaka, Zambia Kampala, Uganda Lagos, Nigeria Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Nairobi, Kenya Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Far East / Pacific South Asia Bangkok, Thailand Guangzhou, China Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hong Kong, China Jakarta, Indonesia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Manila, Philippines Seoul. South Korea Singapore, Singapore Shanghai, China Sydney / Canberra, Australia Tokyo, Japan Wellington/Auckland, New Zealand Bangalore, India Chennai, India Colombo, Sri Lanka Mumbai, India New Delhi, India		Mail This Page to a Friend   Site Map   Send Us Comments!  Consular Affairs  Information Public Announcements. 30 March 2004. Uzbekistan. 23 March 2004. Worldwide. Travel Warnings. 23 March 2004. Iraq. 23 March 2004. Israel and West Bank/Gaza. View more information from Consular Affairs on their website located at http://travel.state.gov.  Latest News Bangladesh 'Huge Weapons Haul' in Bangladesh more  Dominican Republic 24-Hour Pilot's Strike Began Thursday more  Kenya 75 Held as Police Crack Down on Highway Gangs more  Iraq A Secret World of Security in Iraq more  Philippines Abu Recruiting Teenagers for Bombing Missions more  Philippines Abu Training Muslim Converts for Attacks: Ermita more  Russia Afghan Asylum-Seeker Beaten to Death more  Argentina Argentines March to Protest Rising Crime more  Haiti Aristide Launches Kidnap Lawsuit more  Iraq As Insurgent Attacks Increase, So Do Contractors' Costs more  Australia Australian Government Steps Up Attack on Labor Leader Over Iraq more  Puerto Rico (U.S. Territory) Big U.S. Navy station in Puerto Rico closes more  Cyber Threat Blackmail Gang Hit To More Bokies more  Spain Bomb Found on Spanish Rail Track more  Brazil Brazil Handyman Confesses to Killings more  Burundi Burundi Not Ready Yet more  China China Launches Nationwide Epidemic Reporting Computer Network more  China China Releases Two of Three Arrested Members of "Tiananmen Mothers" more  Venezuela Chávez Tapping Nation's Rainy-Day Funds more  Colombia Colombia Pres Lauds US Support For War Against Drug Trade more  Colombia Colombian Paramilitaries Agree to Concentrate more  Sub-Saharan Africa Commentary: Al-Qaida in Africa more  Philippines Customs Intelligence Officer, Shell Exec Killed in Ambush more  Cyber Threat Cybercrime's True Price: Crime May Not Pay, But Someone Has To Pick Up The Cost more  United States Date Set for Rice 9/11 Testimony more  Cyprus Divided Cyprus Split Over UN Plan more  Nepal Dozens Injured in Anti-King Protests in Nepal more  Central African Republic and Eritrea Eritrea, CAR Out of AGOA Accord more  Nigeria FG Approves UN Convention on Corruption more  Sub-Saharan Africa Fighting Terrorism in Africa - Statement of Chairman Royce more  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Flags of New E.Europe Members Raised at NATO more  Cyber Threat Foreign fraud hits U.S. e-commerce firms hard more  France French Police Arrest Senior ETA Suspect more  Latin America FTAA Trade Officials Postpone Planned Meeting in Mexico more  Germany German State Backs Headscarf Ban more  Guatemala Guatemala to Cut Its Army in Half more  Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Elections Come Under Scrutiny more  Haiti Haitian Gov't Seeks to Charge Aristide more  South Africa Has South Africa Become an Organ Trade Mecca? more  Somalia Head of Armed Militia Killed by Friendly Fire more  Sri Lanka High Turnout in Sri Lankan Poll more  Bangladesh Highest Power Outage Hits Dhaka more  Afghanistan and Pakistan Hunt for Pakistan Ambushers more  Sri Lanka Impersonations and Rigging in the North East, Say Tamil Parties more  Canada In Vancouver Media, a Growing Chinese Voice more  India India Urges Kashmiris to Vote in National Elections more  Indonesia Indonesia Police to Interrogate Bashir Next Week more  Iraq Iraqi Police Killed in Gun Attack more  European Union (EU) Italy Requests Red Brigade Terrorists to be Placed on EU Terror List more  Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Ivory Coast says France Agrees to Secure Abidjan more  Jordan Jordan Detainees May Have al Qaeda Link-Newspaper more  Afghanistan Karzai Hails Afghan Donor Pledges more  Nigeria Lagos Court Resumes Trial of 13 Russians over Oil Bunkering more  Angola Landmines Litter Angola more  Latin America Latin America's Moral Test in Geneva more  Indonesia and Malaysia Malaysian JI Suspect Under Bashir's 'Orders' more  Indonesia Megawati No Longer Top Choice for Indonesians-Polls more  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) NATO Expansion Shows Signs of 'Growing Pains' more  Iraq and New Zealand New Zealand to Pull Iraq Army Engineers more  Nigeria Nigeria Not Breaking Apart - Envoy more  Nigeria Nigerian Cops Kill Thousands more  South Africa No Security Challenges Expected On Election Day more  Nicaragua Party of Former Nicaraguan President Failed to Report US$30 Million in Campaign Funds more  Somalia Peace Demonstration Held in Mogadishu more  Philippines Philippines Captures More Abu Sayyaf Suspects more  Trinidad And Tobago Piracy, Quotas Cloud Caribbean Carnival more  United Kingdom Police Seize 250,000 Counterfeit Euros more  Israel and West Bank/Gaza Police Storm Disputed Jerusalem Holy Site more  Sri Lanka Polls Close After Sri Lankans Vote in Large Numbers more  Iraq and United Nations (UN) Powell Sees New U.N. Resolution on Role in Iraq more  Serbia-Kosovo (Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) Priest 'In Coma' After Nato Raid more  Iraq and Worldwide Private U.S. Guards Take Big Risks for Right Price more  Cyber Threat Programmers told to put security over creativity more  Russia Rail Explosive Found more  Serbia-Kosovo (Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) Reformers Concerned Over Possible Re-emergence of Serbian Nationalism more  Cyber Threat Ridge: Priorities include data sharing, cybersecurity more  Romania and United Kingdom Romanian Police Uncover New Visa-Trafficking Ring for Illegal Migrants to UK more  Russia Russia, US Chief Auditors To Discuss Money Laundering more  Russia Russian Police Intercept Marijuana Smuggled in Paint Pots more  Iraq and South Korea S. Korea to Send Troops to Northern Iraq more  South Korea S. Korean Court Opens First Hearing on Roh more  Iraq Scared Half to Death, the Security Forces Lock Themselves behind the Barricades more  China and Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) Security Guards Break Up Hong Kong Sit-In more  Cyber Threat Security is our 'biggest ever challenge' - Gates more  Germany Sept. 11 Suspect in Germany Seeks Release more  Sri Lanka Slight Edge for Chandrika in a Hung Parliament Expected more  Cyber Threat Software industry admits new security rules might be needed more  South Korea South Korea Opens Race for Crucial Parliamentary Polls more  United States Southcom Consolidation Idea is Not Well-Received more  Spain Spain Intercepts Letter Bombs more  Spain Spain Jails Basque Party Leader more  Uzbekistan State Mosques Tell Uzbeks to Root Out 'Kamikazes' more  Sudan Sudan Forces 'Commit War Crimes' more  Sudan Sudan Steps Up Islamist Crackdown more  Uzbekistan Suicide Bomber Kills One in Uzbekistan more  Taiwan Taiwan Court Sets Five Days to Sort Out Recount more  Spain Three More Madrid Bombing Suspects Released more  Tunisia Tortured Activist Accuses ben Ali of Using 'War on Terror' to Repress Country more  Worldwide U.S. Says al-Qaeda Under "Catastrophic Stress" more  Uganda Ugandan Court Acquits Journalists in National Security Case more  United Kingdom UK Terrorist Suspect's Brother Works as Immigration Officer at London Airport more  Serbia-Kosovo (Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) UN Launches Kosovo 'Peace Plan' more  Israel, United States and West Bank/Gaza US Links Gaza Plan, 'Road Map' more  India Vehicle Thieves Have a Field Day more  Iraq Violence Indicates Extent of Resistance more  This box reflects information last updated on 2 April 2004.  Deliverable Content Interested in newsletters? 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