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OSCE Office helps rid Tajik-Afghan border of landmines
DUSHANBE, 29 April 2010 - An OSCE-supported project to assist Tajikistan in clearing landmines along the border with Afghanistan was launched in Panj today, with a graduation ceremony for Tajik officers who completed a demining course...
CSTO Secretary General says co-operation with OSCE crucial for security
VIENNA, 15 April 2010 - Co-operation between the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the OSCE is crucial to promote security in several areas, including the Kyrgyz crisis, the CSTO Secretary General, Nikolay Bordyuzha, told the OSCE today...
CSTO Secretary General to address the OSCE
VIENNA, 14 April, 2010 - Nikolay Bordyuzha, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, will address a joint meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council and Forum for Security Co-operation tomorrow...
OSCE Chairperson discusses with Ukraine leadership shared priorities, deepening co-operation
KYIV, 31 March 2010 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, discussed in Kyiv today key aspects of the dialogue on European security and ways of developing further co-operation... ()
OSCE removes threat posed by toxic rocket fuel component from south-west Ukrainian town, starts work at second site
KALYNIVKA, Ukraine, 26 January 2010 - The last train removing a highly toxic and volatile rocket fuel component from a storage site near the south-western Ukrainian town Kalynivka left today as part of an OSCE project that is set to remove the threat...
Greek Alternate Defence Minister addresses OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 20 January 2010 - The OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation will play an important role in furthering the dialogue on European security started under the Corfu Process, said Greek Alternate Minister of National Defence, Panos Beglitis, today...
Experts discuss state of regional confidence- and security-building measures at event to mark 10 years of OSCE Vienna Document
VIENNA, 14 December 2009 - Close to 100 representatives of national verification agencies and defence ministries gathered in Vienna today to discuss the the confidence- and security-building measures agreed by the OSCE States in the Vienna Document...
OSCE Centre in Astana organizes regional seminar to review and evaluate best practices on conventional ammunition
ALMATY, 8 December 2009 - An OSCE-supported seminar addressing best practices on the registration, stockpiling, transportation and destruction of conventional ammunition began in Almaty today...
OSCE Presence, Albanian Defence Ministry conclude disposal of toxic rocket fuel component, agree on surplus ammunition dismantling
TIRANA, 8 December 2009 - The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, handed an official certificate to the Albanian Defence Minister Arben Imami today in a ceremony that marked the official conclusion of the disposal...
OSCE at forefront of international efforts to reduce threat posed by small arms and ammunition, officials say
ATHENS, 1 December 2009 - The OSCE plays a crucial role in ensuring safe and secure storage of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), and it is a leader in helping countries eliminate the threat posed by a toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component...