OSCE holds workshop on small arms and light weapons in Skopje
The control and fight against trafficking in small arms and light weapons is high on the OSCE's agenda. (OSCE) Photo details
SKOPJE, 1 July 2004 - An OSCE workshop aimed at improving co-operation between eight countries in eastern and south-eastern Europe in controlling small arms and light weapons began in Skopje today.
The two-day event is focussing on issues such as export and transit control of small arms and light weapons, information exchange and record-keeping, weapons collection and destruction, as well as programmes for disarmament, demobilization and civil reintegration of former soldiers.
Participants will also review the OSCE Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons, published in December 2003, and study regional efforts to curb trafficking in these weapons.
The event was organized by the OSCE's Conflict Prevention Centre, the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Foreign Ministry of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Apart from the host country, representatives of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, Romania and Serbia and Montenegro are taking part in the event.
The two-day event is focussing on issues such as export and transit control of small arms and light weapons, information exchange and record-keeping, weapons collection and destruction, as well as programmes for disarmament, demobilization and civil reintegration of former soldiers.
Participants will also review the OSCE Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons, published in December 2003, and study regional efforts to curb trafficking in these weapons.
The event was organized by the OSCE's Conflict Prevention Centre, the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Foreign Ministry of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Apart from the host country, representatives of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, Romania and Serbia and Montenegro are taking part in the event.