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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes training course on electronic record-keeping of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
A two-week training course on electronic record-keeping of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition (SALW and CA) concluded on 28 September 2019 in Bishkek and Osh.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and EUFOR co-organize workshop at ammunition testing laboratory in Doboj
Publishing date: 22 August 2019
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the European Union Force in BiH (EUFOR) jointly organized a training workshop for Armed Forces of BiH on the management of weapons and ammunition storage from 20 to 22 August 2019. The event took place at the Laboratory for the Chemical and Thermal Analysis of Ammunition, which is situated in the Technical Workshop for Repair and Destruction of Ammunition (TROM) in Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Kyrgyzstan hosts 11th annual OSCE regional workshop on countering improvised explosive devices
Publishing date: 22 August 2019
The 11th annual OSCE regional workshop “Explosive Hazards Reduction and Response: Countering Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IEDs)” is taking place in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan 18-23 August, 2019. The five-day event brought together over thirty international experts to discuss recent developments in national, regional, and global C-IEDs strategies. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in close co-operation with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports inauguration of Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre of Tajikistan’s Defence Ministry
Publishing date: 7 August 2019
High-level representatives from Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the United States Embassy participated in the official inauguration of a Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence on 6 August 2019 in Dushanbe...
OSCE trains military officers on Vienna Document in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 June 2019
An OSCE-supported four-day regional training seminar on the practical implementation of the Vienna Document 2011 and the implementation of confidence- and security-building measures concluded on 14 June 2019 in Nur-Sultan. Some 30 military officers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia took part in the event.
OSCE and UNODA train 50 young female professionals on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation
Publishing date: 10 May 2019
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...
Best practices in the deactivation of small arms and light weapons focus of OSCE workshop in Minsk
Publishing date: 17 April 2019
The OSCE Best Practice Guide on Deactivation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) was the focus of a two-day regional workshop organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the Ministry of Defence of Belarus on 16 and 17 April 2019...