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UNLIREC facilitates national dialogue for standardizing small arms and ammunition marking practices in El Salvador
UNLIREC and the Ministry of Justice and Public Security co-organized a seminar on 17 November to advance the standardization of small arms and ammunition marking practices in El Salvador. The marking of small arms and their ammunition provides basic information for...
UNLIREC and the Government of Grenada join efforts to combat illicit small arms trafficking on small island states
On 11 and 12 March, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) assisted the Government of Grenada (GoG) in the destruction of over 76,000 rounds of obsolete small arms ammunition and 120...
UNLIREC and Peru join forces to strengthen firearms control
From 23 to 24 October 2013, the National Regulatory Entity for Security Services, Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives for Civil Use (SUCAMEC) and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)...
UNLIREC proporciona apoyo a Suriname en la destrucción de armas de fuego y municiones excedentes y obsoletas
Del 21 al 26 de octubre de 2013, el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz, el Desarme y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe (UNLIREC), en estrecha colaboración con el Ministerio de Defensa de Surinam, brindó apoyo en la destrucción de cerca de 700...
Workshop on national implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention held in Quito, Ecuador
The Government of Ecuador - under the coordination of the National Technical Team for Chemical and Biological Weapons and the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit (ISU) – held a workshop on implementing the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in...
UNLIREC and Government of Guyana begin cooperation on weapons and ammunition stockpile management and destruction assistance
From 10 – 14 June 2013, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affair’s Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the Government of Guyana conducted a joint national baseline assessment on capacities and...
United Nations assists the Dominican Republic in the destruction of more than 30,000 firearms and 30 tonnes of ammunition
A series of destruction initiatives in the Dominican Republic resulted in over 30,000 firearms and 30 tonnes of ammunition being destroyed in a collaborative effort between the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and...
UNLIREC promotes inter-institutional coordination to combat illicit firearms trafficking in the Dominican Republic
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) in collaboration with the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Interior and Police, held a seminar on Inter-Institutional Coordination Mechanisms to...
UNLIREC delivers specialized course for legal operators on combating impunity in illicit firearms trafficking cases in the Dominican Republic
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in cooperation with the National School for the Public Ministry of the Dominican Republic, delivered a specialized course for legal operators on...
Peru delivers specialized training on firearms and ammunition control with technical support from UNLIREC
On 26 August 2013, the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – in its role as President of the National Commission against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials (CONATIAF, for its acronym in...
UNLIREC supports national implementation of UNSCR 1540 in Mexico
The II Specialized Workshop on International Best Practices on Export Controls took place in Mexico City from 24-26 July 2013 to advance national implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004). The meeting was organized by the Secretariat of the...
UNLIREC assists Suriname to strengthen capacity in combating illicit firearms trafficking
From 7 to 18 October 2013, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) – in close collaboration with the Ministry of Defense of Suriname – conducted a 10-day training course at the Ministry of...
UNLIREC and Trinidad and Tobago inaugurate Regional Caribbean Armoury Management Training Centre for improved small arms and light weapons stockpile management across the region
On 28 June 2013, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the Minister of National Security, Senator the Honourable Emmanuel George, and the Director of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean...
UNLIREC donates weapons and ammunition destruction equipment to Suriname
On 02 August 2013, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament, and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) officially handed over to the Government of Suriname a set of hydraulic shears, for the destruction of small arms and a Small...
Governmental Experts from Andean Community meet to discuss the marking of weapons
The Secretary General of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) and the Republic of Ecuador, in its role as President Pro-tempore of the CAN, organized the Second Governmental Experts Workshop on the Marking of Weapons, from 27 to 28 May, 2013, in Quito, Ecuador. The...
UNLIREC asiste a St Kitts y Nevis en la destrucción de armas pequeñas y municiones confiscadas y obsoletas
Del 27 al 31 mayo de 2013 el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz, el Desarme y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe (UNLIREC) apoyó la destrucción de cerca de 400 armas incautadas y obsoletas y 0,67 toneladas de municiones para armas pequeñas y...
UNLIREC asiste a Barbados en la destrucción de 1,500 armas pequeñas y casi dos toneladas de municiones
Del 27 al 31 de mayo, UNLIREC asistió al Gobierno de Barbados en la destrucción de 1,500 armas incautadas y obsoletas y 1.9 toneladas de municiones de armas pequeñas, gas vencido CS, granadas antidisturbios y otros explosivos. Todas las armas pequeñas fueron...
UNLIREC supports Argentina in the modernization of small arms stockpile management policies and practices
The newly refurbished and improved main armoury of Argentina’s Federal Police was unveiled by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs - through its Regional Disarmament Centre (UNLIREC) - together with the Ministry of Security. Improvements to the Federal Police armoury...
One tonne of ammunition and over 150 weapons destroyed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with UNLIREC support
UNLIREC, in collaboration with the Royal St. Vincent and Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), facilitated the destruction of 164 seized and obsolete weapons and over 37,000 rounds of small arms ammunition from 20 to 24 May 2013. All weapons and ammunition were destroyed...
Close to 400 small arms and one tonne of small arms ammunition destroyed in Antigua and Barbuda with UNLIREC support
From 22 to 26 April 2013, UNLIREC, in close collaboration with the Police and Defence Force of Antigua and Barbuda, supported the destruction of close to 400 seized and obsolete weapons and one tonne of small arms ammunition and time-expired CS gas. All weapons and...
Small arms and light weapons ammunition destroyed in Trinidad and Tobago with the help of UNLIREC Disarmament Affairs
On 13 - 15 March 2013, UNLIREC assisted the Government of Trinidad and Tobago in the destruction of approximately 14,000 rounds of small arms ammunition and almost one tonne of light weapons ammunition, including mortars and grenades. The destruction activities took...