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OSCE Office helps rid Tajik-Afghan border of landmines
Publishing date: 29 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 29 April 2010- An OSCE-supported project to assist Tajikistan in clearing landmines along the border with Afghanistan was launched in Panj today, with a graduation ceremony for Tajik officers who completed a demining course...
OSCE, Albanian Defence Ministry and Denmark begin destruction of ammunition
Publishing date: 12 April 2010
TIRANA, 12 April 2010- Albania may dispose of its 90,000 tonnes of surplus ammunition by 2013- two years earlier as originally planned- thanks to an OSCE Presence project inaugurated today to provide the necessary equipment to the Defence Ministry...
Experts discuss state of regional confidence- and security-building measures at event to mark 10 years of OSCE Vienna Document
Publishing date: 14 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 14 December 2009- Close to 100 representatives of national verification agencies and defence ministries gathered in Vienna today to discuss the the confidence- and security-building measures agreed by the OSCE States in the Vienna Document...
OSCE Presence, Albanian Defence Ministry conclude disposal of toxic rocket fuel component, agree on surplus ammunition dismantling
Publishing date: 8 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Forum for Security Co-operation
TIRANA, 8 December 2009- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, handed an official certificate to the Albanian Defence Minister Arben Imami today in a ceremony that marked the official conclusion of the disposal...
OSCE at forefront of international efforts to reduce threat posed by small arms and ammunition, officials say
Publishing date: 1 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
ATHENS, 1 December 2009- The OSCE plays a crucial role in ensuring safe and secure storage of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), and it is a leader in helping countries eliminate the threat posed by a toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component...
OSCE Office co-organizes conference on Central Asia mine action co-operation
Publishing date: 17 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 17 November 2009- A conference organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan with the International Trust Fund (ITF) on co-operation to address landmine and mine-related challenges in Central Asia opened in Dushanbe today...
OSCE supports setting up demining unit in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 5 November 2009- A ceremony to mark the establishment of an OSCE-supported operational humanitarian mine clearance unit within the Defence Ministry was held at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan today.