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OSCE participating States adopt Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 26 May 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States adopted a plan of action to tackle the threat of small arms and light weapons (SALW) at a meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation in Vienna today...

Tajikistan is an important contributor to the security of the OSCE region, says OSCE Chairperson

Publishing date: 19 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 19 May 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev today stressed the importance of Tajikistan for the OSCE in his meetings with Tajik President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi...

OSCE Office helps rid Tajik-Afghan border of landmines

Publishing date: 29 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 29 April 2010- An OSCE-supported project to assist Tajikistan in clearing landmines along the border with Afghanistan was launched in Panj today, with a graduation ceremony for Tajik officers who completed a demining course...

OSCE, Albanian Defence Ministry and Denmark begin destruction of ammunition

Publishing date: 12 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Arms control
TIRANA, 12 April 2010- Albania may dispose of its 90,000 tonnes of surplus ammunition by 2013- two years earlier as originally planned- thanks to an OSCE Presence project inaugurated today to provide the necessary equipment to the Defence Ministry...

Experts discuss state of regional confidence- and security-building measures at event to mark 10 years of OSCE Vienna Document

Publishing date: 14 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 14 December 2009- Close to 100 representatives of national verification agencies and defence ministries gathered in Vienna today to discuss the the confidence- and security-building measures agreed by the OSCE States in the Vienna Document...

OSCE Presence, Albanian Defence Ministry conclude disposal of toxic rocket fuel component, agree on surplus ammunition dismantling

Publishing date: 8 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TIRANA, 8 December 2009- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, handed an official certificate to the Albanian Defence Minister Arben Imami today in a ceremony that marked the official conclusion of the disposal...

OSCE at forefront of international efforts to reduce threat posed by small arms and ammunition, officials say

Publishing date: 1 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism
ATHENS, 1 December 2009- The OSCE plays a crucial role in ensuring safe and secure storage of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), and it is a leader in helping countries eliminate the threat posed by a toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component...