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UN OFFICE FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS DELIVERS HYDRAULIC SHEARS FOR FIREARMS DESTRUCTION TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affair’s Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), with the financial support of the US Department of State’s Office for Weapons Removal and Abatement, has procured and delivered to the Government of the Bahamas a set of hydraulic shears to ensure that the Government ...

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs continues its support for weapons destruction in Trinidad and Tobago

On 26 April 2012 the United Nations Office for Disarmament’s Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) continued its assistance to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago in combatting illicit trafficking in firearms. In November 2011 UNLIREC assisted the Government in the destruction of 1,155 seized and surplus ...

UNLIREC Assists Caribbean States to Strengthen Capacity in Combating Illicit Firearms Trafficking

On 16 April 2012, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), launched a training course to combat illicit firearms trafficking for security sector officers of Member States of the Caribbean region. The 10-day training course is scheduled to run u ...

UNLIREC provides legal firearms assistance to Venezuela

(Venezuela) – On 7 March, at the request of the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela, the Regional Centre emitted legal opinions on the State’s draft bill of law related to firearms. This legal assistance assessed the level of compatibility between the proposed bill and the obligations found under the various firearms-related international instruments, including the UN 200 ...

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Inside Regional Disarmament

UNLIREC is kick-starting the year in Kingston, Jamaica, with the destruction of some of the country's firearms and ammunition. By destroying these weapons, we are avoiding their diversion into illegal channels and ensuring they do not make their way back onto the streets. In a parallel activity, UNLIREC will be supporting this island State in combating illicit firearms trafficking through UNLIREC's ten-day security sector training course. In the meantime, a total of eight States throughout the Caribbean will be benefitting from the delivery of destruction and stockpile management equipment to support them in their on-going practical disarmament efforts. The Dominican Republic is the next Caribbean country on the list to receive UNLIREC's support in destroying ...

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Upcoming UNLIREC Activities

- Inter-institutional Training Course on Combating Illicit Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives(IITC) - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (April 2012)

- Destruction of explosives and small arms ammunition - Port of Spain, Trinidad y Tobago (April 2012)

 

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