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Enhancing environmental border protection in Ukraine

15 November 2013
  • As radiation may be emitted by metal scrap or industrial materials, environmental inspectors and border guards practice cargo checking with use of special equipment. (OSCE/Dmytro Ostapchuk)
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  • A border guard officer looks for sources of radiation inside a lorry. (OSCE/Dmytro Ostapchuk)
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  • A border guard operator practices data analysis using the control room of a mobile automated radiation detection complex. (OSCE/Dmytro Ostapchuk)
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  • Natural or industrial materials crossing a border with purely peaceful purposes can still be dangerous. Here, environmental inspectors and border guards practice laboratory checks of ionizing radiation. (OSCE/Iryna Iarema)
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  • Environmental inspectors conduct laboratory work on measuring ionizing radiation with different devices. (OSCE/Iryna Iarema)
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  • Samples of potentially hazardous waste and Waste Watch cards provided by the OSCE. The cards are a learning tool for the quick identification of waste, developed by the OSCE. (OSCE/Alla Yushchuk)
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  • The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine helps Ukraine’s border and environmental control agencies to ensure their personnel have the skills and knowledge needed to detect dangerous substances, thereby preventing threats to people’s health and lives. Rene BeBeau, Senior Project Officer, explains to the local media the objectives of OSCE assistance to Ukraine in this area. (OSCE/Dmytro Ostapchuk)
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The trafficking of metal scrap polluted with radioactive elements, hazardous waste and banned ozone-depleting substances, as well as of rare and endangered animals and plants, is a global issue and a challenge to any country’s security.

The responsibility to protect human health, the economy and the environment from these threats falls on those who safeguard our borders.

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine together with the OSCE Office for Economic and Environmental Activities conducted a joint training workshop on radiological control and prevention of environmental crimes for environmental inspectors, border guards and customs officers. The workshop took place in the Orshanets Capacity Building Centre of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Cherkassy, central Ukraine, on 21-25 October 2013.