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Jamaica: UNLIREC hosts training to reduce effects of armed violence August 15, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - From 15 to 18 August, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the… Continue Reading
UNLIREC hands over Double Casting Kit and hosts Double Cast Training for Trinidad and Tobago August 8, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - From 8 to 10 August 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and… Continue Reading
UNLIREC holds first in-person course on promoting gender mainstreaming in firearms-related criminal investigations in Peru August 4, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - On 3 and 4 August 2022, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the… Continue Reading
UNLIREC conducts first national training for officials in Jamaica on interdicting small arms, ammunition and explosives August 3, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - From 3 to 19 August 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and… Continue Reading
Over 40 officials from Dominican Republic enhance skills in combating illicit trafficking of small arms and ammunitions July 18, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - From 18 to 22 July 2022, 47 representatives from various areas and sectors involved in arms control and combatting small… Continue Reading
Haiti finalizes National Action Plan On Firearms after welcoming second in-person mission from UNLIREC July 15, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - Haiti concluded the preparation of its National Action Plan (NAP) and a baseline assessment for the ‘Roadmap for Implementing the… Continue Reading
Armed violence against women. Latin American organisations and governments present experiences on data collection and analysis at regional forum July 14, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - On 14 July, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)… Continue Reading
Caribbean Firearms Roadmap: UNLIREC holds Monitoring and Evaluation Roundtable Meetings with Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada July 1, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - On 28 June 2022 in Trinidad and Tobago; and from 30 June to 1 July 2022 in Grenada, the United… Continue Reading
Disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: UNLIREC holds workshop on international treaties for Peruvian authorities June 30, 2022 | Nonproliferation Instruments Programme - On 30 June 2022, UNLIREC held a national introductory workshop in Peru which focused on the international legal regime against… Continue Reading
Caribbean Firearms Roadmap: Eleven Caribbean States participate in an Introduction to Shooting Incident Reconstruction Webinar organized by UNLIREC June 30, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - On 30 June 2022, sixty-six officials from eleven Caribbean States participated in the "Introduction to Shooting Incident Reconstruction Webinar” delivered… Continue Reading
Trinidad and Tobago police service and UNLIREC promote gender perspectives in firearms crime investigation June 27, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - 42 forensic professionals, officers from the police forces and judiciary members were trained in criminal investigation with a gender perspective.… Continue Reading
Caribbean Community: UN agencies present tools for nexus analysis between violence against women and small arms June 22, 2022 | Conventional Arms Programme - The tools were presented in a webinar organized by UNLIREC and fund by the European Union. On 22 June 2022,… Continue Reading