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The end of the Cold War resulted in a huge amount of surplus weapons becoming available illegally. The OSCE, through its field operations, helps to stop the spread of such weapons and offers assistance with their destruction. The Forum for Security Co-operation, which is the main OSCE body dealing with politico-military aspects of security, contributes to these efforts by developing documents regulating transfers of conventional arms and establishing principles governing non-proliferation.

A meeting held by the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation brought together experts and officials from 56 OSCE participating States as well as from international organizations and non-governmental organizations to review the OSCE Plan of Action on SALW on 22 and 23 May 2012 in Vienna.

OSCE reviews plan of action to control small arms and light weapons

VIENNA, 23 May 2012 – The 56 OSCE participating States and 12 Partners for Co-operation today concluded a review of the OSCE Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons that aims to counter the spread and accumulation of illicit SALW...
Participants discussing a task related to ammunition storage during a practical exercise at an OSCE-organized training seminar on physical security and stockpile management of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition, Ashgabat, 25 April 2012.

OSCE supports SALW and ammunition stockpiles security and management training in Turkmenistan

ASHGABAT, 27 April 2012 – Thirty-eight military officials from the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan successfully completed OSCE-supported training seminars on the physical security and stockpile management of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition (CA) today in Ashgabat...
L-r: Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan Major General Vyacheslav Grudyna, Ambassador of the United States to Tajikistan Kenneth E.Gross, Deputy Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan Klaus Rasmussen, and U.S. Air Force Defense Attaché Lieutenant Colonel James McAndrew pose for a photo in front of a machine in the Engineering Battalion base, Dushanbe, 19 April 2012.

OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports de-mining efforts

DUSHANBE, 19 April 2012 - As part of a humanitarian de-mining project supported by the OSCE, a mechanical de-mining machine was handed over to the Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence today at a ceremony in the Engineering Battalion base in Rudaki District, close to Dushanbe...

OSCE holds a workshop for customs and licensing authorities with Mediterranean Partners on military and dual-use goods

A regional workshop organized by the OSCE to help combat the trafficking of strategic dual-use commodities and conventional weapons, including small arms and light weapons, started in Valletta, Malta on 24 January 2012...
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