News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia take ownership of regional arms control, Dayton Peace Agreement Article IV Annex 1/B: Mission accomplished
Publishing date: 4 December 2014
BASEL, Switzerland, 4 December 2014 – Today, after 18 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia are taking over full responsibility for regional stability and arms control, essential for building peace and stability in the Western Balkans, with senior politicians from the four countries signing a document on the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel...
OSCE-supports regional explosive ordnance disposal course for specialists from Central Asia and Afghanistan
Publishing date: 24 October 2014
DUSHANBE, 24 October 2014 – A two-week regional Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) course for Russian and Tajik-Dari speaking groups facilitated by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan concluded in Dushanbe today...
Regional explosive ordnance disposal course for specialists from Tajikistan and Afghanistan completed with OSCE support
Publishing date: 26 September 2014
DUSHANBE, 26 September 2014 – A ten-day regional Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) course level 1, facilitated by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan concluded in Dushanbe today...
OSCE trains Moldovan armed forces in secure handling and storage of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 25 September 2014
CHISINAU, 25 September 2014 – Sixteen officers of the Moldovan armed forces today successfully completed an OSCE-supported training course on the physical security and stockpile management of small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports enhancing regulatory legal framework for small arms and light weapons, conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
BISHKEK, 19 September 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Ministry of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic today hosted the first roundtable discussion on improving the country’s regulatory legal framework for use of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition...
Ukraine crisis tops agenda of OSCE annual conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 24 June 2014
VIENNA, 24 June 2014 – Strengthening the OSCE’s role in existing conflicts – particularly Ukraine – tops the agenda at the Organization’s annual security review conference starting in Vienna today, with discussions also covering military stability and transparency, transnational threats and Afghanistan...
OSCE PA Annual Session: confidence-building in military sphere the focus of First Committee resolution
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
COPENHAGEN, 13 June 2014 – Enhanced confidence-building measures in the military sphere, democratic control of countries’ armed forces and a comprehensive assessment of cyber threats are among key recommendations made by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Political Affairs and Security (First Committee) in its draft resolution for the PA’s upcoming Annual Session...