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UNLIREC and Caribbean States have a meeting of the minds on how to effectively implement UNSCR 1540(2004)
On 23-24 March 2015, UNLIREC convened a two-day workshop within the context of its assistance package for Caribbean States on the Implementation of Resolution 1540(2004). This package, currently funded by the United States Department of State, targets five countries:...
UNLIREC participated in the First UNASUR Regional Meeting on arms control and civilian use of explosives
The First Regional Meeting on the Control of Firearms and Explosives for Civil Use was held in Lima from 3-5 June, 2015, within the framework of the South American Council of Citizen Security, Justice and Coordination of Action against Transnational Organized Crime of...
UNLIREC and Trinidad and Tobago team up with INTERPOL and FBI to combat proliferation of explosives
As part of the integral technical assistance package that UNLIREC is delivering in Trinidad and Tobago for strengthening the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), the UNLIREC team worked together with officials from Interpol and FBI to provide training for law...
Dominican Republic committed to Arms Trade Treaty implementation
The United Nation Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) continues to support Latin American and Caribbean States with the aim of assisting them in the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). In this...
UNLIREC and Peru promote arms control and citizen security policies at local level
UNLIREC, in collaboration with the CONATIAF and SUCAMEC in Peru, organized an international seminar in Lima on 26 February 2015 to discuss citizen security and the role of local governments in armed violence reduction. This platform generated a space for analysis and...
United Nations and SUCAMEC facilitate efforts to prevent and reduce armed violence in Trujillo
The United Nations System in Peru, under its Joint Programme for Human Security and in close cooperation with the National Superintendence for the Control of Security Services, Arms, Ammunition and Explosives and Civilian Use (SUCAMEC), held and International Seminar...
Belize committed to further strengthening implementation of its WMD controls
As part of UNLIREC’s technical assistance package to strengthen the implementation of resolution 1540 in the Caribbean, the Government of Belize and UNLIREC organized a national roundtable in Belmopan on February 23. This event brought together over 10 high level...
UNLIREC contributes to arms control in Guatemala through training in firearms and ammunition stockpile management
The United Nation Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in cooperation with the Institute of Education for the Sustainable Development (IEPADES), carried out a training workshop on best practices and...
UNLIREC provides assistance on forensic ballistics to Guyana
From 2-7 November 2015, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the government of Guyana, carried out a three-day training course, a technical assessment of national...
UNLIREC assists Peruvian local authorities in destroying over 2,000 small arms
With the assistance of the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), Peruvian authorities destroyed over 2,000 small arms in the northern city of Trujillo, capital of La Libertad Region in Peru, on 1...
UNLIRECs Forces of Change II publication highlights the contribution of Latin American and Caribbean women to disarmament
Lima, 25 November 2014 – Coinciding with the celebrations of the UN International Day on the Elimination of Violence against Women, UNODA’s Regional Disarmament Centre in Lima (UNLIREC) launched a new publication aimed at maintaining international momentum in...
United Nations and SUCAMEC join forces to combat illicit trafficking and possession of small arms in Trujillo
Trujillo,19 November 2014 – The UN System in Peru , under the Joint Programme on Human Security, and in close cooperation with the National Superintendence for the Control of Security Services, Arms, Ammunition and Explosives for Civilian Use (SUCAMEC), will carry out...
UNLIREC partners with Mexico to promote gender and youth approaches to implementing the UN 2001 PoA and the ATT
On 13 November 2014 UNLIREC organized a roundtable on incorporating gender and youth approaches when implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms (PoA) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The roundtable, which was organized at the Ministry of Foreign...
South American regional workshop on the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004)
The Government of Peru, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), hosted a regional workshop on the implementation of...
Grenada makes progress in implementing UN Security Council resolution 1540(2004) on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
UNLIREC officially launched its 1540 Programme with its first field activity in Grenada. This forms part of UNLIREC’s new 1540 assistance package for the Caribbean, which benefits from funding from US Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and...
Seminar on the development of a national course within the framework of WMD commodity identification training
Representatives of the United States Department of Energy summoned various national authorities in Peru and a number of international experts from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, México, Panama and Peru to the UNLUREC headquarters in Lima from March 11-13, 2014, to discuss...
International Maritime Organization and UNLIREC work with the Government of Grenada to enhance maritime and port security
UNLIREC has been working with the Government of Grenada to provide legal and technical assistance under its 1540 Assistance Package since early 2014. During the 1540 national roundtable held in June 2014, UNLIREC and Government stakeholders identified a series of...
UNLIREC and Trinidad and Tobago convene national roundtable on strengthening the implementation of Resolution 1540 (2004)
On 13-14 October 2014, UNLIREC convened a national roundtable on strengthening the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in Trinidad and Tobago. The roundtable was held in collaboration with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, with the financial...
UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Arms Trade Treaty Implementation Course launched this week in Costa Rica
In response to requests by States in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to help prepare them for the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)...
UNLIREC releases study on stray bullets in Latin America and the Caribbean
On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) held an event entitled The Impact of Stray Bullets in Latin America and the Caribbean, which took...
UNLIREC y Perú unen esfuerzos para combatir la impunidad en casos relacionados con el tráfico ilícito de armas de fuego, municiones y explosivos
El 27 de agosto, UNLIREC inauguró el Curso Especializado para Operadores Legales (CEOL): Combatiendo la Impunidad en el Tráfico Ilícito de Armas de Fuego, Municiones y Explosivos dirigido a 26 operadores legales, principalmente a mujeres oficiales de instituciones de...