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OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation holds 500th meeting

Publishing date: 29 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 29 November 2006- The Forum for Security Co-operation has become a major mechanism for ensuring the OSCE norms of openness and transparency work in the politico-military sphere...

Implementing UN Resolution 1540 focus of OSCE workshop in Vienna

Publishing date: 8 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 8 November 2006- Developing national strategies and action plans to implement UNSC Resolution 1540 on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ways of keeping them out of the reach of terrorist groups is the focus of an OSCE...

OSCE Chairman tells UN conference civil society can help thwart small arms trade

Publishing date: 26 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 26 June 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, urged United Nations member states today to work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to bolster government efforts to stop the global...

Seminar on Military Doctrine promotes transparency, openness

Publishing date: 14 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 14 February 2006- Security challenges to the OSCE region in the 21st century, including international terrorism, and the role of the modern military are being tackled by participants in a seminar that opened today in Vienna.

OSCE experts visit Kaliningrad, work out plan to destroy surplus munitions

Publishing date: 22 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 22 November 2005- A team of OSCE experts visited the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation from 15 to 22 November to work out a plan for the destruction of some 20,000 metric tons of surplus conventional ammunition...

OSCE-NATO meeting in Ukraine focuses on disposal of dangerous rocket fuel

Publishing date: 8 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Environmental activities
KYIV, 8 July 2005- Finding a comprehensive solution to the major threat to health and environment posed by the explosive missile fuel component, commonly known as melange, was the focus of a joint OSCE-NATO workshop that ends today in Kyiv. Melange is...

OSCE helps Kazakhstan to secure surplus small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition

Publishing date: 3 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
ALMATY, 3 June 2005- International experts and Kazakhstani officials worked out a set of recommendations on secure storage and destruction of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition for Kazakhstan's government during a two-day OSCE...