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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...
UNLIREC carries out Executive Seminar and Shooting Incident Reconstruction training in Jamaica
From 6 – 10 November, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), conducted two activities in Jamaica. The first was an Executive Seminar for eight executives of institutional clients of...
UNLIREC trains legal practitioners in the combat of illicit firearms trafficking in Peru
Within the framework of the United Nations’ Joint Programme on Human Security, UNLIREC held a legal seminar on firearms control on 6 July, 2017 in the city of Trujillo (Northern Peru). With a view to contributing to the training needs of legal practitioners, UNLIREC...
UNLIREC supports Caribbean States in fulfilling their Arms Trade Treaty reporting obligations
The United Nations Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) held a Practical Seminar: Fulfilling Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) reporting obligations in the CARICOM region from 6-7 July in Bridgetown, Barbados. The purpose of...
UNLIREC supports Colombia in its efforts towards ATT implementation
The United Nations Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) held a Practical Seminar for the Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty from 6-7 April in Bogota, Colombia. Representatives of the institutions that make up...
UNLIREC carries out double cast training in Trinidad and Tobago
From 29 May – 1 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 first Double Cast training in the Caribbean, in Trinidad and Tobago Five...
UNLIREC holds multi-sectoral dialogue on the use of force in private security companies
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in partnership with the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) organized a regional seminar entitled "The Use of the Force...
UNLIREC implements its third Firearms and Ammunition Evidence Management Course in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
From 5-7 December, 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, delivered its third inter-institutional Firearms and Ammunition Evidence...
Young volunteers from Trujillo share their concept of “peace” on International Youth Day
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme have been developing a regional project aimed at young volunteers in Peru, Colombia, Honduras and...
UNLIREC carries out double cast training in Bahamas
From 5 – 9 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 second Double Cast training and consequent donation of equipment in the...
UNLIREC presents study on less lethal weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean to Colombian authorities
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) presented the findings of its study entitled “Less Lethal Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean – Challenges and Opportunities” in the...
UNLIREC and OAS provide regional platform for States to engage in open debate on combating WMD proliferation
The United Nations Common House in Lima, Peru, is the site of a Regional Encounter to discuss preventing and combating the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective from 25-26 April 2017. 22 States from the region and...