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Best practice examples and perspectives on Security sector governance and reform in OSCE context explored at Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 20 March 2019
VIENNA, 20 March 2019 – Best practice examples of and perspectives on Security sector governance and reform (SSG/R)- a priority theme for both Slovakia’s 2019 OSCE Chairmanship and the Swiss Chairmanship of the FSC – was discussed at today’s joint meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and the Permanent Council in Vienna...
Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern reflects on lessons learned from conflict resolution at OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 20 February 2019
VIENNA, 20 February 2019- Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, reflected on his experience in achieving peace in Northern Ireland through “inclusive dialogue” and highlight the conditions that made progress in the peace process possible during a joint meeting of the OSCE
Switzerland to bring new perspective to politico-military issues during Forum for Security Co-operation Chairmanship, says State Secretary Baeriswyl
Publishing date: 16 January 2019
VIENNA, 16 January 2019 – Switzerland aims to bring a new perspective to established and current politico-military issues, said the State Secretary of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Pascale Baeriswyl, as she opened the country’s Chairmanship of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Special session of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation marks 18th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, peace and security
Publishing date: 31 October 2018
VIENNA, 31 October 2018 – A special session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, held under the Forum’s Swedish Chair, today marked the 18th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security – a landmark document, speakers said, which stresses the importance of
More international co-operation needed to counter proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, say speakers at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 17 October 2018
VIENNA, 17 October 2018 – Greater international co-operation can counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, said speakers at today’s meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), which focused on the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540
Slovenia holds last meeting as Chair of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 18 July 2018
VIENNA, 18 July 2018 – Slovenia worked towards restoring confidence and advancing meaningful dialogue among OSCE participating States and placed particular focus on the role of women in security processes, said Chairperson of the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and Permanent Representative of
Security in Mediterranean region focus of joint meeting of Forum for Security Co-operation and Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 July 2018
VIENNA, 11 July 2018 –The security situation in the Mediterranean region was a key area of focus at today's joint meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council in light of large movements of refugees and migrants. Opening the meeting, Ambassador Andrej