News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps Ukrainian demining experts to learn safe clearance standards
Publishing date: 5 November 2013
Twenty-two senior and field managers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s headquarters, training institutions, and 15 regional emergency departments learned about International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) and International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG) at a workshop in Kyiv, organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 29 to 31 October 2013...
OSCE Secretary General, in Montenegro, calls for more funds for ammunition destruction project, meets country’s leadership
Publishing date: 1 November 2013
PODGORICA, 1 November 2013- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today launched a bid for more international funding for an on-going project to clear Montenegro of surplus ammunition and toxic rocket fuel...
OSCE Code of Conduct important for governing role of armed forces in democratic societies, says Head of OSCE Mission to BiH
Publishing date: 25 October 2013
SARAJEVO, 25 October 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Joint Committee on Defence and Security and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre concluded today a two-day regional seminar for parliamentarians on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security in Konjic, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton...
OSCE Centre supports visit to military air bases in Kazakhstan under Vienna Document
Publishing date: 16 September 2013
ASTANA, 16 September 2013 – Some 70 military officers from 29 OSCE participating States took part in a military briefing today co-organized by the Centre in Astana and the Defence Ministry of Kazakhstan in Astana...
1,000th Open Skies Treaty flight: aerial observation to build confidence
Publishing date: 28 August 2013
VIENNA, 28 August 2013 – The 1,000th observation flight under the Open Skies Treaty is a perfect illustration of how openness and transparency can build confidence between nations, said Ambassador Miklós Boros of Hungary, current Chair of the Open Skies Consultative Commission, today. Thirty-four OSCE participating States are parties to the Treaty that allows them to conduct peaceful unarmed aerial observations over each other’s territory...
Kyrgyzstan’s Special Forces participate in OSCE-supported military incursion and hostage-taking exercise
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
An OSCE-supported anti-terrorism military exercise to simulate how Kyrgyzstan’s government would respond to a possible cross-border incursion and hostage situation took place in the country’s Chon-Alay district, Osh province on 19 July 2013...
Project EXPLODE to enhance safety of BiH people by decreasing ammunition and weapons surpluses
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
DOBOJ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 27 June 2013- Explosive ordnance and remnants of war destruction (EXPLODE) project was officially launched today in Doboj...