News and press releases

Ways to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Central Asian region was discussed at a workshop co-organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs on 27-29 September in Astana...

To prevent small arms and light weapons (SALW) from getting into the wrong hands, countries need to ensure that there are sufficient safeguards in the procedures for their export.

VIENNA, 7 September 2011 – Joint efforts are needed to combat terrorism and other transnational threats as well as to promote peace and respect for human rights, said Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, in an address to OSCE participating States in Vienna today...

VIENNA, 7 September 2011 – Modernizing the Vienna Document 1999, addressing issues related to the implementation of OSCE documents on small arms and light weapons, and on conventional ammunition, as well as non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction are among the key priorities of Kazakhstan as the new Chair of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), said the country’s Defence Minister Adilbek Zhaksybekov today...

Representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States on 13 July 2011 discussed how to best r implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540, which obliges signatories to take measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical, biological and nuclear weapons...

VIENNA, 11 July 2011 – The deadly explosion of munitions at a military base in Cyprus underlines that work to secure ammunition and weapons stocks is of utmost urgency, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said today...

VIENNA, 1 July 2011- Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, called for deepening co-operation and enhancing the OSCE’s work to combat transnational threats in a speech to OSCE participating States today...