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Canada’s Chairpersonship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation draws to a close
Publishing date: 13 December 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 13 December 2023 – Today, Canada held its closing plenary meeting as Chair of the OSCE’s Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC).
OSCE-supported event enhances efforts of Central Asia and Mongolia to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 9 November 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
From 8 to 10 November, 55 representatives of relevant ministries and state agencies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan as well as representatives of international organizations took part in the peer-review meeting in Istanbul on the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR1540) on preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and means of their delivery.
Third edition of the OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security training programme begins
Publishing date: 6 April 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
Some 150 young scholars (90% female) from 46 OSCE participating States and seven Partners for Co-operation, began the eight-week online training programme on “Conflict Prevention and Resolution through Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in the OSCE Area” on 6 April 2020. The programme is organized jointly with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs in Vienna, thanks to generous contributions of Andorra, Finland, Germany and Switzerland...
OSCE and UNODA train 50 young female professionals on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation
Publishing date: 10 May 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
A training course jointly organized by the OSCE and UNODA on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation was held for 50 young female professionals from the OSCE’s participating States and Partners for Co-operation from 6 to 10 May 2019 in Vienna. The course was held as part of the OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security...
Continued relevance of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security highlighted at OSCE seminar in Bucharest
Publishing date: 17 May 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
The role of armed and security forces in democratic societies was the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre from 14 to 18 May 2018 in Bucharest. The discussion brought together more than 50 participants, including senior officers from the armed forces, senior government officials, representatives of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and representatives of academia and civil society, from Romania and other OSCE participating States...
OSCE’s work in combating illicit trafficking of weapons promoted at United Nations in New York ahead of Third UN Review Conference
Publishing date: 22 March 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
In preparation for the Third UN Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), which will take place in June 2018, the OSCE’s Conflict Prevention Centre, jointly with Germany and France, organized a side event on 20 March 2018 in New York to present the recently adopted OSCE Best Practice Guide on Deactivation of SALW to the UN Member States and inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations...
OSCE holds training course for young professionals on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation
Publishing date: 19 February 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
An OSCE-organized training course on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation was held for 50 young professionals from the OSCE region and the Organization’s Partners for Co-operation from 12 to 16 February in Vienna. The course was held in the framework of the OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security and jointly organized by the OSCE together with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.