Caribbean States strengthen their commitment to counter Illicit firearms trafficking Reduction in the high levels of armed violence is currently one of the main objectives of Caribbean States in the field of security. In this connection, many of the Caribbean governments have elaborated national strategies to tackle the proliferation of illicit firearms trafficking, which constitutes one of the main threats to public security. (more...)   UN-LiREC and the OAS will collaborate on legal matters to study the implementation of the CIFTA in Central America. The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-LiREC) and the Organization of American States (OAS) signed an agreement in July 2010 to study how the national legislation of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama comply with the obligations of the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunitions and Explosives and Other Related Materials (CIFTA).(more...) Participants in UN-LiREC training courses become multiplying agents in the fight against illicit firearms trafficking UN-LiREC's trademark Inter-institutional Training Courses on Combating Illicit Firearms Trafficking (IITC) continues to exert a positive impact on law enforcement personnel throughout the region. The national courses carried out in Bolivia and Panama and the sub-regional course undertaken in Costa Rica demonstrate the usefulness of investing in institutional capacities of the law enforcement community. (more...) UN-LiREC promotes interagency coordination in Central America on combating illicit firearms trafficking In order to facilitate coordination among the different agencies of the United Nations system in the provision of assistance to Central American States, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLiREC) - as the CASA (Coordinating Action on Small Arms Mechanism) focal point in the region - invited other United Nations agencies to the first-of-its-kind coordination meeting in Panama City last July. (more...)       United Nations Disarmament Commission Meetings, 4 October-2 November 2010, New York, United States     VII Seminar on Small Arms and Light Weapons, 19-22 October 2010, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Organized by the Government of Spain.     Central American Commitment – Knowledge Fair, 25-29 October 2010, Panama City, Panama. Organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Central American Integration System (SICA).     Facilitation Event on UNSCR 1540 (2004),9-11 November 2010, Lima, Peru. Co-organiZed by the Government of the United States of America and UN-LiREC.     Latin America and the Caribbean and Non-proliferation and Disarmament: Opportunities and Challenges, 8-9 November 2010, Montevideo, Uruguay. Co-organized by the Government of Uruguay and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.     III Seminar on Armed Violence and Development, 16-18 November 2010, La Antigua, Guatemala. Co-organized by the Government of Spain, UNDP and UN-LiREC.     I Inter-Institutional Training Course for Combating Illicit Firearms Trafficking (IITC) for female law enforcement officials, 22 November - 3 December 2010. Lima, Peru. Organized by UN-LiREC.     Workshop on Marking and Tracing, 1-3 December 2010 San José, Costa Rica. Organized by the Organization of American States (OAS).     United Nations and Caribbean Regional Workshop on Firearms Destruction and Stockpile Management, 7-9 December 2010, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Organized by UN-LiREC.

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