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Border guards at the Uzbek-Afghan checkpoint of Termez study the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons.

Combating arms trafficking at the border

11 November 2002

Looking across the calm Amu Darya river which separates Uzbekistan from Afghanistan...

The seminar on democratic control of armed forces, held on 4-5 November 2002 in the Federal Parliament in Belgrade, focused on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security.

OSCE organizes seminar in Belgrade on democratic control of armed forces

30 October 2002

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...

Democratic control of armed forces is a key principle of the OSCE.

The role of security forces in democratic societies

12 June 2002

The role of armed, paramilitary and police forces and intelligence services was the focus of a series of OSCE roundtables in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.

All five Central Asian states sent technical experts to the OSCE workshops on combating illicit arms trafficking, November 2001.

Combating arms trafficking in Central Asia

9 January 2002

Experts from the OSCE travelled to Central Asia in November and December to conduct workshops on combating arms trafficking.

Participants from both of the Armed Forces in Bosnia and
Herzegovina take part in aerial observation flights as part of the
Regional Arms Control Agreements measures to promote greater
openness and transparency of military activities.

All conditions fulfilled for Open Skies Treaty to enter into force

5 November 2001

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 ...

Q&A: Small arms and light weapons

9 July 2001

A major United Nations conference discusses the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons this month. OSCE expert Kate Joseph talks about the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons and its impact.

Unarmed OSCE members of the Kosovo Verification Mission take
steps in Kosovo to maintain the ceasefire, November 1998

Stopping the spread of small arms and light weapons

23 June 2001

Baku workshop focuses on practical challenges for the implementation of existing agreements on small arms and light weapons.

The Forum for Security Co-operation aims to reduce the risk of armed conflict in the OSCE area.

Now online: Forum for Security Co-operation

20 June 2001

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...

Small arms and light weapons collected in Vlasenica, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, 31 May 2002.

OSCE focuses on small arms and light weapons

27 November 2000

The OSCE Forum for Security and Co-operation has agreed on the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons.

Arms control officers from the Turkmenistan Defence Ministry take part in a training course in Germany, December 2007, on implementing the 1999 OSCE Vienna Document on Confidence and Security-Building Measures, 18 December 2007.

Ensuring military transparency – the Vienna Document

The Vienna Document 1999 is the most important confidence- and security- building measure undertaken by states in the OSCE area.