News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
The role of armed forces in democratic societies in Mediterranean discussed at OSCE Malta conference
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
ST. JULIAN’S /VIENNA, 11 September 2013 –Security sector governance and the role of armed forces in democratic societies are the topics of a three-day OSCE conference on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security starting today in Malta...
Toxic rocket fuel component fully removed from Eastern Ukraine with OSCE support
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 4 September 2013 – Seven-hundred and sixty tonnes of mélange, a highly toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component, were shipped today from Ukraine to Russia to be processed into chemical products for civilian use, under an OSCE-supported project...
Nearly 1,300 bombs and 19 missiles destroyed as part of large-scale OSCE Soviet-era ammunition demolition project in Georgia
Publishing date: 18 July 2013
The explosion of a cluster bomb on 12 July 2013 at a demolition range in Georgia marked the end of a two-year project by the OSCE and the United Nations Development Programme to help the country destroy 1,289 pieces of aircraft ammunition and 19 missiles...
Collective effort, political commitment required to address conflicts, transnational threats, say participants at OSCE Annual Security Review Conference
Publishing date: 19 June 2013
Finding common responses to security threats and challenges as the Organization moves towards a Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security community was the topic of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference that started in Vienna on 19 June 2013...
OSCE removes latest batch of toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 March 2013
A train carrying 376 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, which had been stored in deteriorating containers at a site in Shevchenkove, left Ukraine on 20 March 2013 for safe disposal as part of a project supported by the OSCE...
Confidence- and security-building on agenda at OSCE Implementation and Assessment Meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 5 March 2013
The 23rd Annual Implementation and Assessment Meeting will take place in Vienna from 5 to 6 March 2013 to review how confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) are being implemented...
Code of Conduct in Arabic
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
An Arabic translation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security is now available.