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Viability of the OSCE’s approach to SALW/SCA assistance as model for global efforts underscored during United Nations conference in New York
Publishing date: 21 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
On 20 June 2024, the OSCE’s Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) organized a side-event to present the OSCE’s model for small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA) assistance. The event was co-organized by the German Federal Foreign Office and held in the United Nations Headquarters on the margins of a conference on the topic held in New York.
Police dog units from Western Balkans exhibit skills in detection of narcotics and firearms at regional event organized by OSCE Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 7 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
For the first time in Albania, the OSCE Presence, in close co-operation with Ministry of Interior and Albanian State Police, organized a regional exhibition of police service dogs’ capabilities in detection of narcotics and firearms. The event took place in the central “Rinia” park in Tirana, on 7
Military advisors from Germany and the United Kingdom visit OSCE-supported Regional Explosive Hazards Training Center
Publishing date: 29 May 2024
On 21 and 22 May 2024, two military advisors from the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the OSCE in Vienna, the United Kingdom Delegation to the OSCE in Vienna, and one representative from the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center’s Forum for Security Co-operation Support Unit (CPC/FSC SU) visited the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (POiD) and OSCE-supported Regional Explosive Hazards Training Center (REHTC).
U.S. Delegation Discusses Next Steps for the OSCE-led Integrated Co-operation on Explosive Hazards Program in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 26 May 2024
A delegation from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs/Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) concluded a successful week-long program review visit to Tajikistan on May 26, 2024.
OSCE organizes regional instructor development training for specialists from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 May 2024
A week-long Regional Instructor Development Training program concluded on May 17, 2024, at the Regional Explosive Hazards Training Center (REHTC) of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defense in Chimteppa, near Dushanbe.
Ukrainian law enforcers receive equipment from OSCE to better combat illicit trafficking in weapons, ammunition and explosives
Publishing date: 9 May 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Border management
The OSCE supports Ukraine in addressing the problem of illicit trafficking in weapons, ammunition and explosives by providing specialized vehicles and equipment to its law enforcement authorities.