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OSCE supports Ukraine’s efforts to clear seashores from legacy of past wars
Publishing date: 24 March 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
Diving suits, hydroacousticdevices and underwater communication sets are among the equipment handed over on 21 March 2014 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to the national State Emergency Service in Kyiv to use for clearing the country’s coastal areas from explosive remnants of war and unsafe ammunition,as well as in other underwater rescue and humanitarian operations...
OSCE educates schoolchildren about threats of unsafe military ammunition ahead of autumn vacations in Ukraine
Publishing date: 28 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Youth
As schoolchildren in Ukraine prepare to start their autumn vacations on 28 October 2013, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) helped the State Emergency Service of Ukraine to conduct awareness-raising lessons on the dangers of unsafe military ammunition...
OSCE supports young Ukrainian firefighters contest on risks and threats of explosive remnants of war
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
An OSCE-supported awareness-raising quiz on risks and threats of explosive remnants of war (ERW), for more than160 secondary school students from all over Ukraine, took place on 9 September 2013 in Zaozerne near Yevpatoria in Crimea...
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 starts clean-up of toxic rocket fuel component from third military base in Ukraine
Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities
RADEKHIV, Ukraine, 19 November- Specialists filled railway tanks with a toxic rocket fuel component that had been stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Western Ukraine today in preparation for shipping...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator hands over equipment to help Ukraine eliminate remnants of war
Publishing date: 10 June 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control
KYIV, 10 June 2010- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine handed over explosive ordnance detection equipment to the country's Emergency Situations Minister in an official ceremony in Kyiv today...
OSCE project to safely dispose of toxic rocket fuel component in Ukraine kicks off with signing of contract
Publishing date: 16 September 2009
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control
KYIV, 16 September 2009- OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and Acting Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Volodymyrovych Ivashchenko signed a contract today for the safe disposal of more than 3,000 metric tonnes of Melange...