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An unidentified soldier stands watch at a checkpoint.

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A checkpoint at the Armyansk crossing into Crimea.

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Ambassador Keith Azzopardi of Malta, speaking at the inauguration of Malta's Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, Vienna, 24 January 2014.

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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta Dr George W.Vella, speaking at the inauguration of Malta's Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, Vienna, 24 January 2014.

Tracing small arms and light weapons

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Small arms and light weapons that have fallen into the wrong hands are a major cause of injury and death. The OSCE invited experts to Vienna to discuss ways to trace illegal small arms, on 23 and 24 May in Vienna.

Building confidence for a safer world: The OSCE's politico-military work

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The OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation brings together all 57 participating States to take decisions on politico-military aspects of security. We spoke to the representatives of Liechtenstein and Lithuania- the countries that chaired the Forum in 2013, about military transparency, small arms and light weapons, and other priorities of their work. More info: www.osce.org/fsc Music: “nylon & turtle” by Sergi Boal freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergi_Bo…_nylon__turtle

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Ján Kubiš (r), the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, alongside Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, at a special joint session of the OSCE Permanent Council and Forum for Security Co-operation, Vienna, 9 October 2013.

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Maltese Foreign Minister George Vella, speaking at an OSCE conference on the role of armed forces in democratic societies, St. Julian's, 11 September 2013.

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The Chairperson of the Forum for Security Co-operation, Ambassador Hubert Wurth, at the opening session of Luxembourg's chairmanship of the Forum for Security Co-operation, Vienna, 11 September 2013.

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Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, at the opening session of Luxembourg's chairmanship of the Forum for Security Co-operation, Vienna, 11 September 2013.

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Soviet-era munitions are disposed of as part of an OSCE-UNDP project in Georgia that concluded in July 2013.

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According to the OSCE's Vienna Document of 2011 on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures, the participating States are obliged to invite representatives of all OSCE participating States to visit an air base and another military facility once during a specified five-year period.