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UNLIREC delivers Specialized Course on Firearms Investigations from a Gender Perspective for officials from Argentina
From 19-30 April 2021, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin American and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Argentine Ministry of Women, Gender and...
UNLIREC trains Chilean X-ray operators to identify weapons, ammunition, and explosives
Illicit arms trafficking is one of the major threats to security worldwide. Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are no exception. This is an important contributing factor in the region’s high rates of armed...
UNLIREC holds National Tracing Workshop and Discussion on Firearms Tracing Unit with Jamaica
On 19 April 2021 the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Government of Jamaica, hosted an online National...
UNLIREC and CARICOM IMPACS hold Executive Seminar for the Advancement of Suriname’s National Action Plan for the implementation of the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap
On 13 April 2021, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the Caribbean Community’s Implementation Agency for Crime and Security...
UNLIREC delivers Specialized Course on Firearms Investigations from a Gender Perspective for officials from El Salvador
From 6-16 April 2021, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador,...
UNLIREC promotes synergies between the Agendas for Disarmament and Women, Peace and Security in the framework of the Generation Equality Forum
On 29 March, UNLIREC participated as a panelist in one of the Gender Equality Forum’s thematic sessions on “Crises in achieving gender equality in peace, security and humanitarian action”. Launched in Mexico last...
UNLIREC holds Inter-Institutional Round Table Meeting for Trinidad and Tobago
On 29 March 2021, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Governments of the United Kingdom and Trinidad and...
UNLIREC and Government of Haiti hold workshop on firearms classification
On 26 March, UNLIREC and the Government of Haiti held an online workshop to provide the government with technical assistance on firearms classification. This workshop forms part of a broader support to the Haitian...
UNLIREC delivers virtual seminar on ‘measures to prevent armed violence against women’ in Panama
On 23 March 2021, UNLIREC, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Panamanian National Women’s Institute, delivered a national virtual seminar on ‘measures to prevent armed violence against...
Roundtable on challenges, best practice, and lessons learned in managing judicial arms storage facilities
As part of UNLIREC’s efforts to provide support to States in the region, on 23 March 2021, it led a roundtable on the management of firearms and ammunition in judicial storage facilities highlighting the related...
UNLIREC trains Royal Bahamas Police Force officials in small arms, ammunition and explosives interdiction
Between 22 and 26 March 2021, UNLIREC virtually held the Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition, Parts and Components Course (ISAAPCC). The course was directed at Police Officials from the Royal Bahamas Police Force, who...
UNLIREC delivers virtual seminar on ‘measures to prevent armed violence against women’ in Colombia
On 18 March 2021, UNLIREC, in collaboration with the Colombian government’s Ministry of the Interior, delivered a national virtual seminar on ‘measures to prevent armed violence against women’. The virtual seminar’s...