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OSCE meeting reviews assistance projects for combatting illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 5 October 2021
A review meeting on the implementation of OSCE assistance projects in the field of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA) was organized in-person and online by the Austrian Chair of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) on 5 and 6 October 2021.
OSCE supports a training webinar on countering the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 23 September 2021
On 23 September 2021, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan concluded a two-day training course on countering the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
OSCE Mission continues to support arms control efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 21 September 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control
SARAJEVO, 21 September 2021 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) supported today the country's Ministry of Defence in holding the 18th Session of the BiH Strategic Committee for Weapons, Ammunition and Explosive Ordnance...
Austria takes over Chairpersonship of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 8 September 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 8 September 2021 — “Trust has to be earned over and over again. Trust is the ‘sine qua non’ for stability and sustainable security in the OSCE region. We therefore need dialogue, co-operation and transparency,” said Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Secretary General for Foreign Affairs of Austria, as he opened the Austrian Chairpersonship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) today in Vienna.
Armenia holds last meeting as Chair of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 21 July 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 21 July 2021 — Under the motto, ‘rebuilding trust and confidence through implementation of politico-military commitments’, the Armenian FSC Chairmanship has sought to implement and protect OSCE commitments to prevent further erosion of European Security, said Armen Papikyan, the Chair of the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), during his remarks at the last FSC meeting under the Armenian FSC Chairmanship.
How to prevent and combat terrorism in all forms discussed at joint OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation–Permanent Council meeting
Publishing date: 14 July 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 14 July 2021 — How to prevent and combat the evolving threat of all forms of terrorism was discussed today at the joint meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and OSCE Permanent Council.