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OSCE Centre in Ashgabat promotes security of weapon and ammunition stockpiles
Publishing date: 24 September 2010
ASHGABAT, 24 September 2010- More than 30 officers from Turkmenistan's Ministry of Defence took part in an OSCE-organized training course on stockpile management and security of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition...
Combating illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons focus of OSCE organized seminar
Publishing date: 16 September 2010
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 16 September 2010- A seminar co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana on combating the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons (SALW) began in Almaty today...
OSCE Centre in Astana conducts training seminar on confidence- and security- building measures
Publishing date: 21 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
ALMATY, 21 July 2010- A three-day regional training seminar for military officers on the practical implementation of the Vienna Document 1999 on confidence- and security-building measures began in Almaty today...
Toxic rocket fuel component removed from site in western Ukraine as part of OSCE project
Publishing date: 24 June 2010
TSENZHIV, Ukraine, 24 June 2010- The last cargo train removing a highly toxic rocket fuel component from a site near the village of Tsenzhiv in western Ukraine departed today...
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 participating States adopt Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons
Publishing date: 26 May 2010
VIENNA, 26 May 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States adopted a plan of action to tackle the threat of small arms and light weapons (SALW) at a meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation in Vienna today...
Tajikistan is an important contributor to the security of the OSCE region, says OSCE Chairperson
Publishing date: 19 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
DUSHANBE, 19 May 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev today stressed the importance of Tajikistan for the OSCE in his meetings with Tajik President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi...