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Women in the crossfire: OSCE organizes roundtable discussion on gender and security
Publishing date: 28 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 28 October 2009. The UK Chairmanship of the Forum for Security Co-operation, together with the OSCE Gender Section, organized a roundtable meeting today looking at the gender perspective in conflict resolution and disarmament strategies.
OSCE states' military observers to visit airbase and air assault brigade in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
TALDYKORGAN, Kazakhstan, 27 October, 2009- A team of 45 military officers from 24 OSCE participating States began a visit to an air assault brigade in Taldykorgan in south-east Kazakhstan today.
OSCE meeting takes stock, seeks way forward in fight against small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 22 September 2009
VIENNA, 22 September 2009- The OSCE remains at the forefront of global initiatives to combat the threat of small arms and light weapons but further efforts are needed to address gaps to curb proliferation, said speakers at a meeting that started 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...
Collective response urgently needed to address indivisible security, Russian Foreign Minister tells OSCE states
Publishing date: 23 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 23 June 2009- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on OSCE States to address the future of Euro-Atlantic security and elaborated on Russian proposals for a legally-binding treaty at the start of the Annual Security Review Conference...
OSCE Centre supports moving of Forensic Centre to new premises for the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 28 May 2009
BISHKEK, 28 May 2009- A ceremony today marked the move to new premises of an Interior Ministry Forensic Centre, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek The Centre supervises all forensic units in Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE Centre in Astana supports seminar on confidence- and security-building measures in Central Asia and South Caucasus
Publishing date: 26 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 26 May 2009- An OSCE-supported seminar to review and evaluate confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) in Central Asia and the South Caucasus opened in Almaty today...