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17th IPRM meeting takes place in Dvani
DVANI, 22 November 2011 - On 22 November, the 17th IPRM meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Dvani. The meeting was co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE...
OSCE helps control export of small arms and light weapons
To prevent small arms and light weapons (SALW) from getting into the wrong hands, countries need to ensure that there are sufficient safeguards in the procedures for their export.
Expert meeting seeks to strengthen OSCE crisis response
The potential for enhancing early response to crises and emerging conflicts is the focus of a meeting in Vienna on 20 September 2011 hosted by the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre...
Statement of the UN, OSCE and EU Special Envoys on the situation in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, 7 September 2011 - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Central Asia Miroslav Jenča, the OSCE Chairperson’s Special Envoy for Kyrgyzstan Adam Kobieracki and EU Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel visited Kyrgyzstan today... ()
NATO Secretary General to address OSCE security conference in Vienna
VIENNA, 27 June 2011 – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will deliver a speech at an OSCE security conference to be held Wednesday to Friday in Vienna...
OSCE seminar highlights good practices in border demarcation
VILNIUS, 31 May 2011 – Border officials, diplomats, scientists, cartographers, engineers and other experts today began discussing good practices in delimitation and demarcation of borders at an OSCE Chairmanship seminar in Vilnius...
‘Post-conflict rehabilitation: stabilization, reconstruction and peacebuilding’ focus of OSCE workshop
Lithuania's OSCE Chairmanship, with the support of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, is hosting a workshop in Vienna on the post-conflict rehabilitation capacity of the Organization. The event is the second in a series of expert meetings on early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation taking place under the “V[ienna] to V[ilnius] Dialogue”...
Expert meeting on enhancing the OSCE’s early warning capacity
VIENNA, 15 April 2011 – Developing a more systematic, comprehensive and cross-dimensional early warning capacity to enhance the OSCE’s capability to prevent and respond to emerging crisis situations is the focus of an expert meeting in Vienna today...
OSCE supports non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Weapons of mass destruction present a serious challenge to international peace and security. Stopping their proliferation requires a co-ordinated and comprehensive international response. United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 requires all states to contribute to putting in place the necessary structures to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, including their means of delivery...
Statement by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre Director on the deployment of the OSCE Police Advisory Group for Kyrgyzstan
VIENNA, 1 September 2010 - Ambassador Herbert Salber, the Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, issued the following statement today on the discussions with Kyrgyzstan's government concerning the deployment of OSCE police advisers...