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OSCE Centre supports visit to military air bases in Kazakhstan under Vienna Document

Publishing date: 16 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASTANA, 16 September 2013 – Some 70 military officers from 29 OSCE participating States took part in a military briefing today co-organized by the Centre in Astana and the Defence Ministry of Kazakhstan in Astana...

1,000th Open Skies Treaty flight: aerial observation to build confidence

Publishing date: 28 August 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Open Skies Consultative Commission
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 28 August 2013 – The 1,000th observation flight under the Open Skies Treaty is a perfect illustration of how openness and transparency can build confidence between nations, said Ambassador Miklós Boros of Hungary, current Chair of the Open Skies Consultative Commission, today. Thirty-four OSCE participating States are parties to the Treaty that allows them to conduct peaceful unarmed aerial observations over each other’s territory...

Kyrgyzstan’s Special Forces participate in OSCE-supported military incursion and hostage-taking exercise

Publishing date: 19 July 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
An OSCE-supported anti-terrorism military exercise to simulate how Kyrgyzstan’s government would respond to a possible cross-border incursion and hostage situation took place in the country’s Chon-Alay district, Osh province on 19 July 2013...

Project EXPLODE to enhance safety of BiH people by decreasing ammunition and weapons surpluses

Publishing date: 27 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DOBOJ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 27 June 2013- Explosive ordnance and remnants of war destruction (EXPLODE) project was officially launched today in Doboj...

Security sector reform presented in Armenia with OSCE support

Publishing date: 11 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The concept and evolution of security sector reform are key themes of an OSCE-supported training course launched on 11 June 2013 in Yerevan...

OSCE Centre in Astana trains military officers on confidence- and security-building measures

Publishing date: 21 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASTANA, 21 May 2013- A regional training seminar for military officers on the practical implementation of the OSCE Vienna Document 2011 on confidence- and security-building measures began in Astana today...

OSCE Secretary General met Slovenian Defence Minister

Publishing date: 13 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Slovenian Defence Minister, Roman Jakič, on 13 May 2013 in Vienna...