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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.

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Moscow, Russia's capital, hosted a conference on 23 May 2013 that focused on the politico-military aspects of European security, including arms control.

Secretary General discusses role of OSCE in ensuring European security at conference in Moscow

The comprehensive approach of the OSCE to contemporary security challenges and its efforts to redefine its agenda and reinvigorate conventional arms control processes were key themes of OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier’s address to a high-level conference in Moscow on 23 May 2013...
Destroying recovered small arms and light weapons is an area where OSCE is active. A storage and destruction facility was opened by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, 22 June 2006.

Tracing illicit small arms and light weapons to be discussed at OSCE-supported meeting in Vienna

VIENNA, 21 May 2013 – Ways to trace illicit small arms and light weapons, existing legal framework and practical approaches will be in focus of an OSCE-supported conference to take place from 23 to 24 May in Vienna...
Major Patriсk Chavez, Team Leader, United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), making an introductory presentation at an OSCE-supported technical seminar on best applied practices in safe and secure stockpiling of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition, Ashgabat, 8 April 2013.

OSCE promotes safe storage of small arms and light weapons in Turkmenistan

Ways of securely storing small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition (CA) were presented and discussed from 8 to 11 April 2013 in an OSCE technical seminar in Ashgabat... ()
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan assists the Tajik Government in dealing with the humanitarian threat posed by landmines.

OSCE Office in Tajikistan boosts cross-border dialogue on mine action

DUSHANBE, 19 February 2013 – A three-day regional workshop on “National Mine Action Standards” started in Dushanbe today with the support of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan... ()

OSCE Presence helps destroy surplus ammunition in Albania

ELBASAN, Albania, 1 October 2012 - The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, pledged support for destroying remaining surplus ammunition during a visit to the Mjekes military factory in Elbasan in central Albania today... ()
Small arms and light weapons collected by the Tajik Interior Ministry before being destroyed, Dushanbe, November 2010.

OSCE Office in Tajikistan helps destroy more than 600 small arms and light weapons

DUSHANBE, 13 September 2012 – The OSCE Office observes and supports an operation to destroy small arms and light weapons which started in Dushanbe today... ()

Head of OSCE Presence urges prompt destruction of surplus ammunition in Albania

The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, during a visit to a military factory in Gramsh on 13 July 2012, expressed his support for the finalization of surplus ammunition destruction by 2013, as envisaged in the country’s demilitarization action plan...

OSCE states discuss implementation of Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

Representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States discussed on 11 July 2012 the implementation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security at its first ever annual review meeting...
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