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OSCE promotes combatting illicit weapons, ammunition and explosives trafficking in and across Ukraine’s borders
Publishing date: 7 June 2018
A high-level meeting to discuss key findings of an OSCE-conducted needs assessment on combating illicit trafficking in weapons, ammunition and explosive (WAE) in and across Ukraine’s borders and determine potential areas for subsequent project co-operation took place on 7 June in Kyiv.
OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, under Slovenian Chairmanship, explores lessons learnt from First World War for security of Europe today
Publishing date: 30 May 2018
VIENNA, 30 May 2018 – In a special session to mark the 100th year since the end of the First World War, the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), meeting today in Vienna under Slovenia’s Chairmanship, explored the impact of the so-called “Great War” and the lessons it holds for modern international relations and European security.
OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation highlights the importance of nuclear security
Publishing date: 23 May 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 23 May 2018 – The importance of nuclear security was emphasized by speakers at today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting in Vienna, held under Slovenia’s Chairmanship. The meeting was a follow-up to the OSCE Decision on the Update of the OSCE Principles Governing Non-proliferation, which designates the FSC as a forum for discussions on issues relating to the effective security of all nuclear materials and nuclear facilities in the OSCE area...
Role of export controls, deactivation measures in controlling the spread of small arms & light weapons explored at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 2 May 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 2 May 2018- The importance of national export control systems and deactivation programmes as essential instruments in preventing the destabilising accumulation and uncontrolled spread of small arms and light weapons (SALW) was emphasized by speakers at today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting in Vienna, held under Slovenia’s Chairmanship...
Confidence- and security-building measures and arms control instruments key to peace, say speakers at OSCE Forum for Security and Co-operation
Publishing date: 25 April 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 25 April 2018- The continued functioning of OSCE confidence- and security- building measures (CSBMs) and arms control instruments is key to reducing the risk of conflict in Europe, said speakers at today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting in Vienna, held under Slovenia’s Chairmanship...
Slovenia’s Chairmanship of Forum for Security Co-operation to support ongoing efforts to restore confidence in OSCE area, says State Secretary Logar
Publishing date: 18 April 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 18 April 2018 – Slovenia’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation will be characterized by the country’s commitment to the ongoing efforts to restore confidence in the OSCE area, said State Secretary of the country’s Foreign Ministry Andrej Logar at the Forum in Vienna today...
Slovakia concludes its Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 14 March 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 14 March 2018 – Concluding Slovakia’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) in Vienna today, the country’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE and Chairperson of the Forum Ambassador Radomír Boháč said Slovakia strived to be an impartial facilitator of the discussions amid growing polarization and diverging views among participating States...