News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Secretary General discusses role of OSCE in ensuring European security at conference in Moscow
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
The comprehensive approach of the OSCE to contemporary security challenges and its efforts to redefine its agenda and reinvigorate conventional arms control processes were key themes of OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier’s address to a high-level conference in Moscow on 23 May 2013...
OSCE promotes safe storage of small arms and light weapons in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 12 April 2013
Ways of securely storing small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition (CA) were presented and discussed from 8 to 11 April 2013 in an OSCE technical seminar in Ashgabat...
OSCE removes latest batch of toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 March 2013
A train carrying 376 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, which had been stored in deteriorating containers at a site in Shevchenkove, left Ukraine on 20 March 2013 for safe disposal as part of a project supported by the OSCE...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan boosts cross-border dialogue on mine action
Publishing date: 19 February 2013
DUSHANBE, 19 February 2013 – A three-day regional workshop on “National Mine Action Standards” started in Dushanbe today with the support of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE Presence helps destroy surplus ammunition in Albania
Publishing date: 1 October 2012
ELBASAN, Albania, 1 October 2012- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, pledged support for destroying remaining surplus ammunition during a visit to the Mjekes military factory in Elbasan in central Albania today...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan helps destroy more than 600 small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 13 September 2012
DUSHANBE, 13 September 2012 – The OSCE Office observes and supports an operation to destroy small arms and light weapons which started in Dushanbe today...
Head of OSCE Presence urges prompt destruction of surplus ammunition in Albania
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, during a visit to a military factory in Gramsh on 13 July 2012, expressed his support for the finalization of surplus ammunition destruction by 2013, as envisaged in the country’s demilitarization action plan...