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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...
Kazakhstan’s Defence Minister to address OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation on Wednesday
VIENNA, 5 September 2011 - Kazakhstan’s Defence Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov will address the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation on Wednesday, 7 September...
Director-General of UN Office at Geneva to address OSCE on Wednesday
VIENNA, 5 September 2011 - The Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, will address OSCE participating States on Wednesday, 7 September...
OSCE Secretary General emphasizes need to secure ammunitions and weapons stocks following Cyprus explosion
VIENNA, 11 July 2011 – The deadly explosion of munitions at a military base in Cyprus underlines that work to secure ammunition and weapons stocks is of utmost urgency, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said today...
US Homeland Security Secretary calls for strengthening partnership with OSCE to combat transnational threats
VIENNA, 1 July 2011 - Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, called for deepening co-operation and enhancing the OSCE’s work to combat transnational threats in a speech to OSCE participating States today...
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary to address OSCE
VIENNA, 28 June 2011 – Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will address a meeting of representatives from the 56 OSCE participating States on Friday...