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OSCE hosts meeting on small arms and light weapons
VIENNA, 18 September 2009 - The OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) is hosting a meeting on small arms and light weapons (SALW) on 22 and 23 September...
OSCE project to safely dispose of toxic rocket fuel component in Ukraine kicks off with signing of contract
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... ()
OSCE Secretary General to visit Kyiv to sign contract to destroy toxic rocket fuel
VIENNA, 14 September 2009 - OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut will be in Kyiv on Wednesday to sign a contract with Ukraine's Defence Ministry to eliminate 3,168 tonnes of Mélange, a highly toxic liquid rocket fuel component...
Collective response urgently needed to address indivisible security, Russian Foreign Minister tells OSCE states
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
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
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...
OSCE Chairperson urges renewed commitment to peaceful resolution on 15th anniversary of Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire
ATHENS, 11 May 2009 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, expressed hope today that the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict would make further progress towards a peaceful settlement...
OSCE releases Annual Report on a "challenging" 2008
VIENNA, 1 April 2009 - The OSCE, the world's largest regional security organization, released its 2008 Annual Report today....
Greek Chairmanship priorities, dialogue on European security featured in OSCE Magazine
VIENNA, 18 February 2009 - The latest OSCE Magazine, now available online, highlights the Greek OSCE Chairmanship's challenging start to the year and the results of the 16th Ministerial Council in Helsinki...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds courses on safe handling of ammunition
DUSHANBE, 12 December 2008 - The safe handling, carrying and storage of ammunition were the focus of a course for officers and personnel from Tajik ministries that ended in Dushanbe today...