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Transparent and reliable military information vital for addressing key security challenges, say participants of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation

Publishing date: 31 January 2018
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, 31 January 2018- The importance of transparent and reliable military information for countering the deliberate or undeliberate misinterpretation of data on military activities that may heighten tensions between participating States, and even escalate protracted conflicts, was emphasized at today’s OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting in Vienna, held under Slovakia’s Chairmanship...

OSCE and UNODC sign new 2018-2019 joint action plan

Publishing date: 31 January 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Economic activities, Good governance, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 31 January 2018 – A plan for joint action by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the period 2018-2019 was signed by OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov today at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna.

PA President stresses value of OSCE, calls for greater support for organization

Publishing date: 25 January 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Migration, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 25 January 2018 – In his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council, OSCE President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) today called on the Organization’s participating States to ensure the effective functioning of the OSCE, noting it is one of the leanest and most flexible organizations in the world.

OSCE-supported Security Policy Course concludes in Sarajevo

Publishing date: 14 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The annual Security Policy Course, which gathered 30 officials from governmental institutions, police, armed forces, parliaments and representatives of civil society and academia in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), concluded on 14 December 2017 in Sarajevo. The course was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in co-operation with the Council of Ministers’ Inter-Ministerial Working Group for BiH Security Policy Implementation...

Assembly President Tsereteli asks foreign ministers to equip OSCE with tools to meet current challenges

Publishing date: 7 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 7 December 2017 – Addressing foreign ministers at the OSCE’s 24th Ministerial Council in Vienna today, Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) noted the value and potential of the OSCE, stressing that governments should ensure that the organization is fully equipped to handle challenges facing the region.

OSCE Mission to Skopje and Interior Ministry launch project to reduce risk of weapons and proliferation of ammunition

Publishing date: 30 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPJE, 30 November 2017 – The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Ministry of Internal Affairs launched in Skopje today a new project aimed at reducing the risk of proliferation of weapons and of ammunition and to increase the security of existing stockpiles of small arms and light weapons...

Cyber Security focus of 10th Annual Review Conference on Compliance with OSCE and UN Security Commitments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 28 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SARAJEVO, 28 November 2017- The 10th Annual Review Conference on Compliance with OSCE and UN Security Commitments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, gathering over 50 local and regional security experts and representatives of government institutions, international organizations and the civil society, concluded today, at Jahorina mountain...