News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE expands its support to Ukraine in combating illicit trafficking of weapons, ammunition and explosives
Publishing date: 21 January 2020
KYIV, 21 January 2020 – The OSCE today expanded its support to Ukraine in strengthening its response to the illicit trafficking of weapons, ammunition and explosives, with the launch of another two extra-budgetary projects. Some 50 representatives of Ukrainian governmental agencies and the donor community participated in the projects’ first Programme Governance Board meeting today in Kyiv, which marked the beginning of the OSCE’s multi-year assistance to the Ukrainian authorities in this area...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine to enhance chemical security by expanding capacities for identification of substances
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
The Ukrainian National Reference Centre for Identification of Controlled and Toxic chemicals, established and equipped with OSCE support, was presented to the country’s expert community on 10 December 2019 in Kyiv...
Concept on democratic control of Ukrainian armed forces discussed at OSCE event in Kyiv
Publishing date: 31 October 2016
KYIV, 31 October 2016 – A first draft Concept on Democratic Control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was tabled for public discussion at an international workshop organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine jointly with the country’s Defence Ministry and Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) today in Kyiv...
OSCE helps improve safety of movement for people and goods in conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 7 April 2016
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine, 7 April 2016 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, at a ceremony in Sloviansk, Donetsk region today, presented representatives of the Infrastructure Ministry’s State Special Transport Service with 15 sets of protective equipment, including vests and helmets, which are to be delivered to local deminers working along transport routes in the east of the country...
OSCE helps Ukraine to introduce information management system for mine action
Publishing date: 4 December 2015
MEREFA, Ukraine, 4 December 2015– A first group of 12 Ukrainian emergency personnel officers completed a four-day training course today on operation of an information management system for mine action (IMSMA), organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine at the State Emergency Service training facility in Kharkiv oblast...
OSCE helps Ukraine to clear Donetsk and Luhansk regions of unexploded ordnance
Publishing date: 30 July 2015
KYIV, 30 July 2015 – An OSCE-supported project aimed at strengthening the State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s (SESU) capacity to clear explosive munitions in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions has launched today in Kyiv.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator releases new publications on international mine action standards, calls for more risk education efforts to improve safety of Ukrainians
Publishing date: 3 April 2015
On the eve of the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed throughout the world on 4 April, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator released two new publications designed to help Ukrainian authorities better protect civilians from explosive remnants of past military conflicts, as well as from current challenges posed by conflict in the eastern regions of the country...