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Kyrgyzstan reaffirms its commitment to the UNSCR 1540 by adopting a new National Action Plan
Publishing date: 3 February 2022
Kyrgyzstan began the implementation of the new National Action Plan (NAP) of the Kyrgyz Republic on the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 for 2022-2025, which has been developed throughout 2021 with the OSCE expert support and finally approved/adopted on 24 December 2021.
Azerbaijan announces priorities as chair of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 19 January 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 19 January 2022 – Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov outlined Azerbaijan’s priorities as Chairman of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation during the opening session of the FSC.
Artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology top second essay competition on arms control and confidence- and security-building measures in Europe
Publishing date: 8 December 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 8 December 2021 — The winners of the OSCE–Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) Essay Competition: Conventional Arms Control and Confidence- and Security-Building Measures (CSBM) in Europe were announced today at a virtual award ceremony held during an OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting organized by the Austrian FSC Chairmanship.
OSCE supports development of a public awareness-raising campaign on danger of misuse of weapons, ammunition and explosives in Montenegro
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Through two working sessions on 2 and 3 November and 19 November, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a workshop dedicated to designing a public outreach campaign, to raise awareness on the dangers of misuse and proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
Progress in implementation of Tajikistan’s national action plan under the UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) discussed in Guliston, Sughd region
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supported a review meeting on the implementation of Tajikistan’s National Action Plan in the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 on Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Five OSCE participating States invest EUR 2.5 million to improve small arms and light weapons control in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 11 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control
SARAJEVO, 11 November 2021 – Kathleen Kavalec, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and Selmo Cikotić, BiH Minister of Security, signed today an agreement to implement a small arms and light weapons (SALW) control project over the next three years.
Regional explosive ordnance disposal course for specialists from Central Asia conducted in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 2 November 2021