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Serbia pledges meaningful debate on pressing security challenges as it begins chairing OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 6 September 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 6 September 2017 – Serbia will strive to strengthen the OSCE’s focus on politico-military security through negotiations and consultations on military security and stability in the OSCE area, said the country’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić as he opened the first session of the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) under Serbia’s Chairmanship today in Vienna...
Best international and national practices discussed at the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation‘s meeting on management of stockpiles of conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 13 July 2017
More international co-operation and a transparent and comprehensive approach are required to build on results achieved so far in managing stockpiles of conventional ammunition in a safe and secure way, said speakers at the meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation held under Russia’s Chairmanship on 12 July. The event focused on practices of managing stockpiles and destroying surpluses in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia and Switzerland...
Collective Security Treaty Organization to build on existing co-operation with OSCE, representatives say
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) intends to build on existing co-operation to expand its relations with the OSCE in areas including countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, said speakers at the Forum for Security Co-operation held on 21 June 2017 in Vienna...
International co-operation on implementing UN Security Council resolutions on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction discussed in OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 8 June 2017
International and national efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 and pursuant resolutions that aim to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and stop them from falling into the hands of non-state actors were discussed in the Forum for Security-Co-operation on 7 June 2017...
Trends in military posture in focus as OSCE participating States continue the Structured Dialogue on current and future security challenges
Publishing date: 6 June 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 6 June 2017 – Senior officials from capital cities across the OSCE region and Vienna-based ambassadors of OSCE participating States met today in Vienna as part of the latest round of the OSCE Structured Dialogue on current and future security challenges, this time focusing on trends and developments in military force postures, exercises and how they interrelate with threat perceptions and military doctrines...
OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation debates new technologies and impact on security
Publishing date: 1 June 2017
Global efforts are needed to address the challenges associated with scientific and technological progress and its impact on security and arms control, said speakers at the session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation held on 31 May 2017 in Vienna...
Reducing risks from military incidents discussed at the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 25 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
The importance of co-operation to prevent military incidents during peacetime was the topic of the session of the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), currently under Russia’s Chairmanship, on 24 May 2017. The discussion focused on the Russian Federation’s national experience in the implementation of bilateral agreements on preventing incidents on and over the high seas...