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Andorran Foreign Minister urges OSCE States to pursue arms reduction through security forum
VIENNA, 21 January 2004 - The Foreign Minister of Andorra, Juli Minoves, today urged OSCE participating States to focus on implementing the politico-military security decisions taken at the recent Ministerial Council in Maastricht...
OSCE today launches first governments' manual on combating illicit trade in small arms and light weapons
MAASTRICHT, 1 December 2003 - Weapons of mass destruction are frequently in the news. The blunt reality, however, is that far more people are killed or maimed by small arms or light weapons that pack much less destructive power. Portable anti-tank...
OSCE Security Conference considers fresh options
VIENNA, 26 June 2003 - The OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference closed yesterday with its main aim successfully met - that of identifying a range of practical options for the Organization to address the new threats and challenges to ...
OSCE-UN call for action to combat small arms trafficking
BRDO, SLOVENIA, 12 March 2003 - Measures taken to combat small arms trafficking in south-eastern Europe were subjected to the scrutiny of government and NGO experts at a two-day meeting held in Brdo. The meeting wrapped up today with...
OSCE organizes seminar in Belgrade on democratic control of armed forces
BELGRADE, 30 October 2002 - A seminar to be held in Belgrade on 4 and 5 November will focus on democratic control of the armed forces. The international seminar that deals with the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military...
All conditions fulfilled for Open Skies Treaty to enter into force
VIENNA, 5 November 2001 (OSCE) -- The Governments of the Depository nations Canada and Hungary have announced that the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus have deposited their instruments of ratification of the Treaty on Open Skies ...
Now online: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 20 June 2001 (OSCE) -- Users of the Internet can now access information on the Forum for Security Co-operation, the main OSCE body dealing with military aspects of security, on the OSCE website at www.osce.org/fsc...