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OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine to enhance chemical security by expanding capacities for identification of substances
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Environmental activities, Hazardous waste management
The Ukrainian National Reference Centre for Identification of Controlled and Toxic chemicals, established and equipped with OSCE support, was presented to the country’s expert community on 10 December 2019 in Kyiv...
Impact of OSCE projects aimed at non-proliferation of small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition discussed at OSCE event
Publishing date: 6 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 6 December 2019 – A high-level side event on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava focused on how practical assistance projects can help achieve a comprehensive approach in preventing the uncontrolled spread of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA). The discussion was organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and supported by Germany.
OSCE supports conference on the nature of modern military conflicts and their prevention
Publishing date: 18 October 2019
The first international scientific and practical conference on The Present Day Military Conflicts: Content and Lessons Learned took place on 15 and 16 October 2019 in Tashkent. The event was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan.
OSCE organizes training course on electronic record-keeping of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
A two-week training course on electronic record-keeping of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition (SALW and CA) concluded on 28 September 2019 in Bishkek and Osh.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and EUFOR co-organize workshop at ammunition testing laboratory in Doboj
Publishing date: 22 August 2019
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the European Union Force in BiH (EUFOR) jointly organized a training workshop for Armed Forces of BiH on the management of weapons and ammunition storage from 20 to 22 August 2019. The event took place at the Laboratory for the Chemical and Thermal Analysis of Ammunition, which is situated in the Technical Workshop for Repair and Destruction of Ammunition (TROM) in Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Kyrgyzstan hosts 11th annual OSCE regional workshop on countering improvised explosive devices
Publishing date: 22 August 2019
The 11th annual OSCE regional workshop “Explosive Hazards Reduction and Response: Countering Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IEDs)” is taking place in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan 18-23 August, 2019. The five-day event brought together over thirty international experts to discuss recent developments in national, regional, and global C-IEDs strategies. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in close co-operation with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports inauguration of Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre of Tajikistan’s Defence Ministry
Publishing date: 7 August 2019
High-level representatives from Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the United States Embassy participated in the official inauguration of a Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence on 6 August 2019 in Dushanbe...