On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
Representatives of the CSTO Secretariat take part in the session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
14.03.2022On March 14-18, this year, representatives of the CSTO Secretariat on the invitation of the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Ghada Waly participate online in the 65th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. The event is being held in a hybrid format at the Vienna International Center, as well as in a side event organized by the Drug Control Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on "Drug Situation Review in the Republic of Tajikistan in 2021".
At the request of UNODC, the CSTO Secretariat has provided a brief summary of the Organization's activities in the area of drug control in 2021.
The Cooperation Protocol between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the CSTO Secretariat, signed in Vienna on 5 April 2006, provides the basis for cooperation.
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