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OSCE Annual Security Review Conference 2012 to open in Vienna on 26 June
VIENNA, 25 June 2012 – The OSCE Annual Security Review Conference, which this year aims to take stock of the work undertaken by the OSCE participating States in building a security community, will start in Vienna on Tuesday, 26 June 2012...
High-level officials discuss OSCE politico-military Code of Conduct at seminar in Latvia
RIGA, 18 June 2012 - A regional seminar for high-ranking officials from the Baltic Sea area on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security started in Riga today...
OSCE removes toxic rocket fuel component in Ukraine ahead of European football championship
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 1 June 2012 - The third shipment of 715 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, stored in deteriorating containers in eastern Ukraine, was safely loaded onto 14 railways tanks for disposal today as part of an OSCE-supported project... ()
OSCE Centre in Astana conducts regional seminar on Vienna Document 2011
ASTANA, 30 May 2012 - A three-day regional training seminar for military officers on the practical implementation of the Vienna Document 2011 began in Astana today... ()
OSCE reviews plan of action to control small arms and light weapons
VIENNA, 23 May 2012 – The 56 OSCE participating States and 12 Partners for Co-operation today concluded a review of the OSCE Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons that aims to counter the spread and accumulation of illicit SALW...
OSCE starts removal of 2000 tonnes of toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine ahead of European football championship
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 4 April 2012 - The first shipment of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Eastern Ukraine was safely loaded on to 14 railways tanks today as part of an OSCE-supported project...
Turkmenistan military officials visit UK to review small arms and light weapons and stockpile management practices
ASHGABAT, 18 November 2011 – Four representatives of Turkmenistan's Presidential Administration and the Ministry of Defence participated in a five-day study visit to the United Kingdom that concluded in London today... ()
OSCE completes removal of toxic rocket fuel component from Western and Central Ukraine
BILA TSERKVA, Ukraine, 16 November 2011 - The final shipment of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Central Ukraine was loaded on to railways tanks today as part of an OSCE-supported project... ()
UN Director-General, addressing OSCE States, emphasizes co-operation on transnational threats, conflict prevention
VIENNA, 7 September 2011 – Joint efforts are needed to combat terrorism and other transnational threats as well as to promote peace and respect for human rights, said Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, in an address to OSCE participating States in Vienna today...
Kazakhstan’s Defence Minister addresses OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, outlines FSC Chairmanship priorities
VIENNA, 7 September 2011 – Modernizing the Vienna Document 1999, addressing issues related to the implementation of OSCE documents on small arms and light weapons, and on conventional ammunition, as well as non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction are among the key priorities of Kazakhstan as the new Chair of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), said the country’s Defence Minister Adilbek Zhaksybekov today...