Forum for Security Co-operation

Document Group

Main FSC documents

Principles Governing Conventional Arms Transfers

25 November 1993
Document containing principles to guide participating States in conducting arms transfers and in determining whether or not the transfers should be avoided. In 1997, an annual information exchange on transfers of weapons equipment systems was added.

Stabilizing Measures for Localized Crisis Situations

25 November 1993
Catalogue of measures to facilitate decision-making by the OSCE in times of crisis. Establishes a procedure for consultations and negotiations in search of a political solution. ()

Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

3 December 1994
Document was adopted at the 91st Plenary Meeting of the Special Committee of the CSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Budapest ()

OSCE principles governing non-proliferation

5 December 1994
Article VI of Budapest Document 1994: Towards a genuine partnership in a new era ()

Global Exchange of Military Information

28 November 1994
The Global Exchange of Military Information was adopted at the 91st Plenary Meeting of the Special Committee of the CSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Budapest ()

Vienna Document 2011

22 December 2011
Negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures ()

OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons

24 November 2000
Document describing concrete norms, principles and measures to reduce the destabilizing accumulation and uncontrolled spread of small arms and light weapons

OSCE Document on Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition

19 November 2003
Security risks arising from stockpiles of conventional ammunition, explosive material, and detonating devices in surplus and/or awaiting destruction in the OSCE area ()