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UNLIREC carries out Shooting Incident Reconstruction training in Trinidad and Tobago
From 23 – 27 October, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) delivered its pilot Shooting Incident Reconstruction training in the Caribbean, in Trinidad and Tobago. Six participants, among...
UNLIREC presented Caribbean Control List proposal to Belizean authorities
On 13 October 2017, UNLIREC hosted a special workshop in Belize City focusing on the delivery of the Caribbean Control List construct to Belizean national authorities. In total, there were 18 workshop participants in attendance, with the majority attending as...
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...
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...
UNLIREC and Government of Peru held working session on normative implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention and UNSCR 1540
On 25 August, UNLIREC and the Government of Peru held a working meeting on the national implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540. This activity brought together 23 representatives from 12 state...
Trujillo celebrates Youth for Peace Festival organized by the Joint United Nations Human Security Programme and the Trujillo Municipality
In observance of the International Day of Peace and as part of the activities designed by the Joint United Nations Human Security Programme, young volunteers involved in the “Youth Volunteerism for Peacebuilding and Disarmament: Youth Measuring Community Security...
UNLIREC and IMO cooperate with the Government of Peru to improve maritime and port security
UNLIREC and the International Maritime Organization (IMO), in collaboration with the Government of Peru, organized a tabletop activity to improve maritime and port security. The event brought together 28 representatives of various state entities, who were presented...
UNLIREC y la OMI cooperan con el Gobierno de Perú para la mejora de la protección marítima y portuaria
UNLIREC y la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI), en colaboración con el Gobierno de Perú, organizaron una actividad de simulación para la mejora de la protección marítima y portuaria. El evento reunió a 28 representantes de diversas entidades estatales, a los...
UNLIREC contributes to Surinames voluntary 1540 National Action Plan and creation of an inter-institutional mechanism
On 9 November 2017, UNLIREC representatives travelled to Paramaribo, Suriname as part of UNLIREC’s UNSCR 1540 implementation programme to host a combined workshop focusing on the development of Suriname’s voluntary National Action Plan (NAP) and the creation of an...
UNLIREC and Guyana advance WMD non-proliferation agenda in the country
On 29 August 2017, UNLIREC representatives teamed up with the Guyanese Ministry of Public Security returned to host a national roundtable event in Georgetown. The purpose of the roundtable was to present Guyana with its UNSCR 1540 National Legal Study and highlight to...
UNLIREC and Central American States discuss importance of sharing ballistics evidence and information
From 21 – 24 August, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), together with the government of the Dominican Republic, carried out three activities aimed at strengthening forensic ballistics...
UNLIREC promotes measures to prevent and reduce armed violence in northern Peru
As part of its contribution to the Joint United Nations Programme entitled “Strengthening Human Security and Community Resilience by Fostering Peaceful Coexistence in Peru”, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and...
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...
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...
UNLIREC and UNV carry out four workshops for youth on SDG 16, security, peace and disarmament
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the United Nations Volunteer Programme (UNV) have been developing the regional Project entitled Youth volunteerism for Peacebuilding and...
UNLIREC and UNV launch a new SDG project aimed at youth in Colombia, Honduras, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) conducted a training workshop in Lima, Peru, from June 7-8, 2017 as part of a joint project with the United Nations Volunteers Program (UNV)....
Peru advances 1540 implementation on preventing WMD proliferation
On 7 March, UNLIREC held consultations with the Government of Peru to elaborate its Draft National Action Plan on implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004). This meeting brought together 19 representatives from nine institutions and agencies, including Foreign Affairs,...
UNLIREC undertakes workshop on WMD Focus List in Dominican Republic
On the 22nd and the 23rd June, national authorities from the different sectors involved in the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction attended a planning mission held in Santo Domingo. The objective of this meeting was to pool the strategic trade mapping of...
UNLIREC carries out double cast training in Belize
From 19-23 June, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), together with ARQUEBUS Solutions Ltd, delivered its third Double Cast training and consequent donation of equipment in Belize. Four...
UNLIREC and UNV launch new SDG Project in Trinidad and Tobago
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the United Nations Volunteers Programme (UNV) conducted its first training workshop for young volunteer leaders in Port of Spain, Trinidad and...
UNLIREC and Peru come together to combat the presence of firearms in school
On 6 December, UNLIREC organized a seminar entitled “International Initiatives for Prevention and Action regarding Presence of Firearms in Schools” in Trujillo, Peru. The seminar formed part of the United Nations Joint Programme for Human Security. In the course of...