Paraguay advances towards firearms control
The government of Paraguay has implemented a technical assistance package to control the legal trade of firearms and prevent its illicit trafficking with the United Nations since 2002. This comprehensive package is aimed at strengthening human resources and investing in platforms for improved control and coordination of firearms-related activities and consists of the following:

• courses and consultations ...
Best Practice Manual to Improve Information Exchange to Fight Illicit Firearms Trafficking
Representatives from the law enforcement community in Latin America and the Caribbean, accompanied by their European counterparts, created a Regional Information Exchange (RIE) Best Practice Manual on the prevention of illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives and related crimes during a regional training course at the Colombian National Police Intelligence Division (DIPOL) in Bogota, ...
Caribbean States gather to address CCW Adhesion
Momentum for adhesion to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocols was generated during a recent Meeting in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, for Caribbean Countries. However, there is still a long road ahead before all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are legally bound by the Convention and its instruments.

The CCW and its Protocols were inspired by the ...
CIFTA, diez años más tarde
La Segunda Conferencia de Estados Parte de la Convención Interamericana contra la Fabricación y el Tráfico Ilícitos de Armas de Fuego, Municiones, Explosivos y Otros Materiales Relacionados (CIFTA) tuvo lugar en Ciudad de Mexico, durante los días 20 y 21 de febrero de 2008.

La Conferencia, inaugurada por el Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos, reunió a delegaciones de ...
El Gobierno Paraguayo replica prácticas internacionales sobre destrucciones de armas
El pasado 15 de febrero el Gobierno Paraguayo destruyó 13 armas de fuego que habían sido incautadas durante diversos eventos deportivos en el país. Este ejercicio de destrucción fue realizado dentro de las actuales instalaciones del DIMABEL (Dirección de Material Bélico) y dirigido por su propio personal; contando además con la participación y presencia de representantes militares, autoridades nacionales ...
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“BUPA” launched to promote a Culture of Peace among children
On 25 May 2007, in Asuncion, Paraguay, UN-LiREC launched the “Peace Soldier” video-clip with a song celebrating and promoting a “Culture of Peace” and non-violence. It also calls for the importance of arriving at pacific resolutions to conflict. The video-clip marked the introduction of the “PeaceMaker”, also known as “BUPA”, a fictional cartoon character on a quest for sustainable peace, into UN-LiREC’s Peace and Disarmament Education Programme.