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OSCE-UNODC staff meeting on Joint Action Plan stresses importance of co-operative approach to fight against transnational threats

Publishing date: 10 February 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing
Senior staff from The OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) met today to discuss achievements to date under the 2013-2014 Joint Action Plan and future opportunities for co-operation between the two organizations.

More than a thousand small arms units destroyed in Tajikistan with OSCE help

Publishing date: 8 January 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 8 January 2014- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan today began overseeing the destruction of more than a thousand of small arms and light weapons units, including firearms collected from the local population and arms found in caches across various regions of Tajikistan.

Significant progress achieved in BiH’s compliance with its international politico-military commitments, says Head of OSCE Mission

Publishing date: 13 December 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control
The 6th Review Conference on BiH’s compliance with the OSCE and UN security commit-ments in the politico-military field was held in Sarajevo in the beginning of December, and its conclusions were released on 12 December 2013...

OSCE Mission helps destroy confiscated weapons in Moldova

Publishing date: 20 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control
CHISINAU, 20 November 2013- Some 3,000 confiscated weapons were destroyed in Chisinau today, with technical and financial support provided by the OSCE to the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Moldova.

OSCE promotes co-operation in explosive hazards reduction and response in Central Asia

Publishing date: 19 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Arms control
A OSCE-organized regional conference Quality and Information Management on Explosive Hazards Reduction and Response started in Almaty today.

OSCE helps Kyrgyzstan dispose of excess stockpiles of small arms and light weapons

Publishing date: 14 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BISHKEK, 14 November 2013- Kyrgyz government officials, representatives of diplomatic corps, and journalists attended an observation exercise held today at a military polygon Ala-Too near Bishkek. The exercise was part of an OSCE-supported project strengthening Kyrgyzstan’ capabilities in managing and controlling small arms, light weapons, and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (CA)...

OSCE educates schoolchildren about threats of unsafe military ammunition ahead of autumn vacations in Ukraine

Publishing date: 28 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Youth
As schoolchildren in Ukraine prepare to start their autumn vacations on 28 October 2013, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) helped the State Emergency Service of Ukraine to conduct awareness-raising lessons on the dangers of unsafe military ammunition...