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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Continued relevance of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security highlighted at OSCE seminar in Bucharest
Publishing date: 17 May 2018
The role of armed and security forces in democratic societies was the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre from 14 to 18 May 2018 in Bucharest. The discussion brought together more than 50 participants, including senior officers from the armed forces, senior government officials, representatives of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and representatives of academia and civil society, from Romania and other OSCE participating States...
Role of export controls, deactivation measures in controlling the spread of small arms & light weapons explored at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 2 May 2018
VIENNA, 2 May 2018- The importance of national export control systems and deactivation programmes as essential instruments in preventing the destabilising accumulation and uncontrolled spread of small arms and light weapons (SALW) was emphasized by speakers at today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting in Vienna, held under Slovenia’s Chairmanship...
Slovenia’s Chairmanship of Forum for Security Co-operation to support ongoing efforts to restore confidence in OSCE area, says State Secretary Logar
Publishing date: 18 April 2018
VIENNA, 18 April 2018 – Slovenia’s Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation will be characterized by the country’s commitment to the ongoing efforts to restore confidence in the OSCE area, said State Secretary of the country’s Foreign Ministry Andrej Logar at the Forum in Vienna today...
OSCE’s work in combating illicit trafficking of weapons promoted at United Nations in New York ahead of Third UN Review Conference
Publishing date: 22 March 2018
In preparation for the Third UN Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), which will take place in June 2018, the OSCE’s Conflict Prevention Centre, jointly with Germany and France, organized a side event on 20 March 2018 in New York to present the recently adopted OSCE Best Practice Guide on Deactivation of SALW to the UN Member States and inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations...
Slovakia concludes its Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 14 March 2018
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 Forum for Security Co-operation hears experiences of Visegrad Group in promoting regional co-operation on military and defence
Publishing date: 7 March 2018
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...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and U.S. Department of State donate demining equipment to Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence and Tajikistan National Mine Action Centre
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe held a ceremony to mark its donation of humanitarian demining equipment to Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence and the National Mine Action Centre on 20 February 2018.