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OSCE SMM Chief Monitor Apakan and OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine Verba highlight importance of mine action
Publishing date: 4 April 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 4 April 2018 – Today, as the world marks International Mine Awareness Day, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Vaidotas Verba, highlighted the importance of mine action in eastern Ukraine...
Slovakia concludes its Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 14 March 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 14 March 2018 – Concluding Slovakia’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) in Vienna today, the country’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE and Chairperson of the Forum Ambassador Radomír Boháč said Slovakia strived to be an impartial facilitator of the discussions amid growing polarization and diverging views among participating States...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports first aid and evacuation of wounded course as part of explosive ordnance disposal work
Publishing date: 12 March 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
A two-week training course on first aid and evacuation of wounded started on 5 March 2018 in Dushanbe. The course is organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe as part of its programme on the disposal of explosive ordnance...
OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation hears experiences of Visegrad Group in promoting regional co-operation on military and defence
Publishing date: 7 March 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 7 March 2018- Sound and constructive regional co-operation on military and defence matters can raise the effectiveness and efficiency of states’ capacities by pooling their resources and enhancing military research and development, said speakers at today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting in Vienna, held under Slovakia’s Chairmanship. The discussion focused on the work of the Visegrad Group (also known as the Visegrad Four (V4)), which, along with Slovakia, consists of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland...
Forum for Security Co-operation explores UN and OSCE efforts in curbing threat posed by small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 21 February 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 21 February 2018- The United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in All its Aspects complements the OSCE’s work in this area and both are fundamental to the security and stability of participating States, said speakers at today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting in Vienna, held under Slovakia’s Chairmanship...
Advancing Kyrgyz Republic’s national interests through security sector reform
Publishing date: 16 February 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Education, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The Rector of the Kyrgyz Presidential Academy of Public Administration, Almaz Nasyrov, participated in the joint session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation and the OSCE Permanent Council on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) on 14 February 2018 in Vienna, Austria.
Forum for Security Co-operation/Permanent Council meeting highlights the importance of a strategic OSCE approach in assisting national Security Sector Governance and Reform processes
Publishing date: 14 February 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 14 February 2018 – The OSCE, because of its comprehensive approach to security, is well positioned to support States on their national Security Sector Governance and Reform programmes, said speakers at today’s joint meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and Permanent Council in Vienna...