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OSCE removes toxic rocket fuel component in Ukraine ahead of European football championship
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 1 June 2012- The third shipment of 715 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, stored in deteriorating containers in eastern Ukraine, was safely loaded onto 14 railways tanks for disposal today as part of an OSCE-supported project...
OSCE Centre in Astana conducts regional seminar on Vienna Document 2011
Publishing date: 30 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASTANA, 30 May 2012- A three-day regional training seminar for military officers on the practical implementation of the Vienna Document 2011 began in Astana today...
OSCE reviews plan of action to control small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 23 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 23 May 2012 – The 56 OSCE participating States and 12 Partners for Co-operation today concluded a review of the OSCE Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons that aims to counter the spread and accumulation of illicit SALW...
OSCE Border Management Staff College trains officials on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 11 April 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) held a training course on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction from 3 to 6 April 2012 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
OSCE starts removal of 2000 tonnes of toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine ahead of European football championship
Publishing date: 4 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 4 April 2012- The first shipment of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Eastern Ukraine was safely loaded on to 14 railways tanks today as part of an OSCE-supported project...
OSCE holds a workshop for customs and licensing authorities with Mediterranean Partners on military and dual-use goods
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Border management
A regional workshop organized by the OSCE to help combat the trafficking of strategic dual-use commodities and conventional weapons, including small arms and light weapons, started in Valletta, Malta on 24 January 2012...
OSCE participating States make progress in updating Vienna Document to revitalize confidence and security building
Publishing date: 1 December 2011
A special meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, currently chaired by Kazakhstan, adopted a decision on 30 November 2011 on reissuing a document that encompasses key OSCE confidence- and security-building measures, the Vienna Document...