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UNLIREC and the Peruvian Government hold a training session on the international non-proliferation regime of weapons of mass destruction On 4 August 2017, UNLIREC and the Peruvian Government held a training session aimed at deepening knowledge on the international non-proliferation regime of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), with special emphasis on the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and UNSCR Resolution 1540 (2004). Th ...

UNLIREC co-hosts UNSCR 1540 National Roundtable with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Antigua and Barbuda On 24 July 2017, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) co-hosted a UNSCR 1540 National Roundtable Workshop with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Antigua and Barbuda. The event brought together represent ...

UNLIREC collaborates with CASRA in the development of a Course for Interdicting Small Arms in Postal Shipments Latin America and the Caribbean have, in general terms, experienced a dramatic increase in armed violence in recent years, driven in large part by the illicit trafficking of firearms, its parts/components, and ammunition. Public policies against illicit arms trafficking in Latin America and th ...

UNLIREC and UNV carry out four youth workshops on SDG 16 - Security, Peace and Disaramament The news will be uploaded on 18 August 2017 ...

UNLIREC carries out Double Cast Training in Guyana From 10 - 13 July, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), together with ARQUEBUS Solutions Ltd , delivered Double Cast training to five participants from Guyana in Georgetown . The participants, ...

UNLIREC continues to strengthen arms control in the private security sector in Guatemala The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) is making progress in Guatemala with the implementation of activities for the project entitled Strengthening capacities for effective and transparent management of small arms ...

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