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OSCE continues to support Kyrgyzstan's efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1540

Publishing date: 10 September 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
A two-day roundtable discussion on the 2017-2019 National Action Plan (NAP) on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on effective measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is taking place from 9 to 11 September 2019 in the Issyk-Kul province, Kyrgyzstan...

Officials and experts deliver strong message at high-level Bratislava conference: security sector governance and reform can prevent conflict, and is worth investing in

Publishing date: 9 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BRATISLAVA, 9 September 2019 – Some 160 representatives, policy makers and national security advisers from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as experts and practitioners from international and regional organizations and academia, attended today in Bratislava the fourth thematic conference of the 2019 Slovak OSCE Chair, which focused on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R). In particular, the conference sought to unpack the role of SSG/R in preventing conflict, sustaining peace and promoting comprehensive security for all.

OSCE trains border management professionals in applying democratic security sector governance to border security management

Publishing date: 4 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BRATISLAVA, 4 September 2019 –A three-day advanced training course exploring the connection between security sector governance and reform (SSG/R) and border security management, hosted by the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship, concluded today.

Smuggling and illegal trade in art and cultural property focus of OSCE-supported training course in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 29 July 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
A two-day training course on the fight against smuggling and illegal trade in art and cultural property concluded on 26 July 2019 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The event was organized jointly by the OSCE Mission to BiH, the Centre for the Fight against Trafficking in Art and the Agency for Education and Professional Training of the BiH Ministry of Security...

Former OSCE Chair Serbia remains key partner in the region says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák during visit to Belgrade

Publishing date: 4 June 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Good governance, Media freedom and development, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 4 June 2019 – Visiting Serbia today as part of his commitment to visit all OSCE field missions, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, together with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dačić and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Andrea Orizio, opened the High-Level Discussion on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) in South-Eastern Europe in Belgrade...

Serbia’s Foreign Minister Dačić, OSCE Chairperson Lajčák, Head of OSCE Mission Orizio open regional event on security sector governance and reform

Publishing date: 4 June 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BELGRADE, 4 June 2019 – Only an inclusive, accountable and democratically controlled security sector with full respect for human rights, gender equality and the rule of law can effectively provide security to a state and its citizens, said speakers at a high-level discussion in Belgrade today ahead of a two-day regional meeting organized by the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Secretariat on security sector governance and reform (SSG/R)...

OSCE donates technical equipment to training centre of Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence of Tajikistan

Publishing date: 15 April 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe donated computer equipment to the Training Centre of the Committee of Emergency Situation and Civil Defence of Tajikistan on 12 April 2019 in Dushanbe...