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Assembly President Tsereteli asks foreign ministers to equip OSCE with tools to meet current challenges

Publishing date: 7 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 7 December 2017 – Addressing foreign ministers at the OSCE’s 24th Ministerial Council in Vienna today, Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) noted the value and potential of the OSCE, stressing that governments should ensure that the organization is fully equipped to handle challenges facing the region.

OSCE Mission to Skopje and Interior Ministry launch project to reduce risk of weapons and proliferation of ammunition

Publishing date: 30 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPJE, 30 November 2017 – The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Ministry of Internal Affairs launched in Skopje today a new project aimed at reducing the risk of proliferation of weapons and of ammunition and to increase the security of existing stockpiles of small arms and light weapons...

Cyber Security focus of 10th Annual Review Conference on Compliance with OSCE and UN Security Commitments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 28 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SARAJEVO, 28 November 2017- The 10th Annual Review Conference on Compliance with OSCE and UN Security Commitments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, gathering over 50 local and regional security experts and representatives of government institutions, international organizations and the civil society, concluded today, at Jahorina mountain...

OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry discuss co-operation

Publishing date: 27 November 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä met the Interior Minister of Tajikistan, Colonel General Rahimzoda Ramazon on 23 November 2017 to discuss areas of co-operation.

OSCE conference in Washington D.C. on continued relevance of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

Publishing date: 1 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Washington, D.C., 31 October 2017 – A two-day conference organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre on the role of armed and security forces in democratic societies concluded on 31 October 2017 in Washington, D.C.

How to build confidence through strengthened governance and reforms in the security sector discussed at regional conference in Sarajevo

Publishing date: 27 October 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SARAJEVO, 27 October 2017- An effective, accountable, transparent and democratically controlled security sector is a prerequisite for dealing with different security challenges and can build trust and confidence between states as well as between a state and its citizens, said participants of a regional conference on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) in Sarajevo today.

Co-operation on addressing migration-related crimes needed more than ever, say participants at OSCE-supported regional seminar in Sarajevo

Publishing date: 20 September 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Migration, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SARAJEVO, 20 September 2017 – Co-operation on addressing migration-related crimes is needed more than ever, highlight participants of the two-day Regional seminar on Moving Forward in Addressing Migration-related Crimes in South Eastern Europe, which concludes today in Sarajevo...