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Turkmenistan military officials visit UK to review small arms and light weapons and stockpile management practices
Publishing date: 18 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Arms control
ASHGABAT, 18 November 2011 – Four representatives of Turkmenistan's Presidential Administration and the Ministry of Defence participated in a five-day study visit to the United Kingdom that concluded in London today...
OSCE completes removal of toxic rocket fuel component from Western and Central Ukraine
Publishing date: 16 November 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: Environmental activities
BILA TSERKVA, Ukraine, 16 November 2011- The final shipment of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Central Ukraine was loaded on to railways tanks today as part of an OSCE-supported project...
OSCE supports workshop in Kazakhstan on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 30 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Ways to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Central Asian region was discussed at a workshop co-organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs on 27-29 September in Astana...
OSCE helps control export of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
To prevent small arms and light weapons (SALW) from getting into the wrong hands, countries need to ensure that there are sufficient safeguards in the procedures for their export.
UN Director-General, addressing OSCE States, emphasizes co-operation on transnational threats, conflict prevention
Publishing date: 7 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 7 September 2011 – Joint efforts are needed to combat terrorism and other transnational threats as well as to promote peace and respect for human rights, said Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, in an address to OSCE participating States in Vienna today...
Kazakhstan’s Defence Minister addresses OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, outlines FSC Chairmanship priorities
Publishing date: 7 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 7 September 2011 – Modernizing the Vienna Document 1999, addressing issues related to the implementation of OSCE documents on small arms and light weapons, and on conventional ammunition, as well as non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction are among the key priorities of Kazakhstan as the new Chair of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), said the country’s Defence Minister Adilbek Zhaksybekov today...
OSCE role in preventing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in focus at meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 14 July 2011
Representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States on 13 July 2011 discussed how to best r implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540, which obliges signatories to take measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical, biological and nuclear weapons...