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OSCE meeting in Turkmenistan looks at export control, transshipment of weapons of mass destruction

Publishing date: 25 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASHGABAT, 25 July 2014 –OSCE efforts to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their means of delivery was a focus at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that concluded in Ashgabat today...

After 20 years, OSCE Code of Conduct still plays essential role in setting norms in security sector governance

Publishing date: 8 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 8 July 2014 – Twenty years after its adoption, the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects remains an indispensable instrument in exercising democratic control of the armed and security forces, guaranteeing their political neutrality, fostering human rights of service personnel, and governing security relations between States, stressed the speakers at the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Code of Conduct held today in Vienna.

OSCE and UN co-operation in security sector governance and reform discussed at joint conference in Vienna

Publishing date: 7 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Co-operation between the OSCE and the United Nations in security sector governance and reform (SSG/R) was the topic of a conference that took place in Vienna on 7 July 2014. The conference was jointly organized by the OSCE and the UN and co-hosted by Switzerland and Slovakia...

Ukraine crisis tops agenda of OSCE annual conference in Vienna

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Collections: Swiss Chairmanship takes lead in OSCE Ukraine efforts
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 24 June 2014 – Strengthening the OSCE’s role in existing conflicts – particularly Ukraine – tops the agenda at the Organization’s annual security review conference starting in Vienna today, with discussions also covering military stability and transparency, transnational threats and Afghanistan...

OSCE PA Annual Session: confidence-building in military sphere the focus of First Committee resolution

Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
COPENHAGEN, 13 June 2014 – Enhanced confidence-building measures in the military sphere, democratic control of countries’ armed forces and a comprehensive assessment of cyber threats are among key recommendations made by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Political Affairs and Security (First Committee) in its draft resolution for the PA’s upcoming Annual Session...

Call for applications for young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Building OSCE Youth Advisory Group

Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Youth
Young leaders, activists, students, researchers and NGO representatives, aged 18 to 30 years old, and resident in Bosnia and Herzegovina are invited to apply for the OSCE Youth Advisory Group project to learn more about the OSCE’s work...

OSCE supports training on human rights of military personnel and torture prevention in Kyrgyzstan’s army

Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a training course from 9-13 June 2014 on torture prevention and international and national standards regarding the rights and freedoms of military personnel...