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OSCE helps Ukraine to introduce information management system for mine action
Publishing date: 4 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
MEREFA, Ukraine, 4 December 2015– A first group of 12 Ukrainian emergency personnel officers completed a four-day training course today on operation of an information management system for mine action (IMSMA), organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine at the State Emergency Service training facility in Kharkiv oblast...
OSCE helps Ukraine to clear Donetsk and Luhansk regions of unexploded ordnance
Publishing date: 30 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 30 July 2015 – An OSCE-supported project aimed at strengthening the State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s (SESU) capacity to clear explosive munitions in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions has launched today in Kyiv.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator releases new publications on international mine action standards, calls for more risk education efforts to improve safety of Ukrainians
Publishing date: 3 April 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
On the eve of the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed throughout the world on 4 April, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator released two new publications designed to help Ukrainian authorities better protect civilians from explosive remnants of past military conflicts, as well as from current challenges posed by conflict in the eastern regions of the country...
OSCE helps Ukraine’s rescuers enhance capability to deal with underwater explosive threats
Publishing date: 20 March 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine donated to country’s State Emergency Service equipment for underwater survey and clearance operations at a ceremony in Odesa on Thursday, 19th of March 2015. Six special dive suits, four diver communication sets and two hydroacoustic stations will help Ukrainian humanitarian deminers better deal with threats posed to civilians by explosive ordnance in coastal waters, rivers and lakes...
OSCE provides equipment for humanitarian demining in Ukraine
Publishing date: 30 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
Kyiv, 30 December 2014- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine provided the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) with 50 protective vests, 60 ballistic safety helmets and 5 laptops with software, to plan and manage humanitarian demining operations. The handover ceremony took place in the Service’s headquarters in Kyiv on 30 December 2014.
OSCE helps children of eastern Ukraine learn safety rules to avoid accidents with ammunition and unexploded ordnance
Publishing date: 19 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Education
The schools of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk – two towns in the East of Ukraine, affected by recent hostilities – received newly-produced awareness raising materials to help their students avoid risks of accidents, associated with unexploded ordnance, abandoned ammunition and other potentially deadly items. At a handover ceremony in Kharkiv on 18 December 2014, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator’s officers presented to the regional authorities 7,000 workbooks with covers displaying instructions on safety rules for kids in case they encounter such munitions...
OSCE launches life safety web resource for Ukrainian schoolchildren
Publishing date: 25 April 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Youth
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator launched the Webspace of Safety – an Internet portal created to inform children about risks and threats posed by explosive hazards present in Ukraine...