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UNLIREC holds Sub-Regional Seminar “Fostering Violence Prevention against Women through Arms Control. Every Woman Counts” in El Salvador
As part of the Canada-funded project “Building Momentum for the Regional implementation of A/RES/65/69 on Women, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control”, the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and...
UNLIREC provides assistance to strengthen national capacities in the regulation and control of private security in the Dominican Republic
In recent decades, with its nuances and variations, in Latin America and the Caribbean exponential growth has been recorded in private security services and in parallel, a greater legal demand for firearms to fuel the...
UNLIREC conducted Firearms and Ammunition Evidence Management Course in the Dominican Republic
Faced with the challenges posed by armed violence in Latin America and the Caribbean and as part of the assistance provided by UNLIREC to the States in the region, the Firearms and Ammunition Evidence Management Course...
UNLIREC and the Government of Paraguay held an Executive Workshop on best practices for the prevention and reduction of the risk of diversion of arms, ammunition, parts and components
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) continues to support State efforts to achieve effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty...
UNLIREC continues Resolution 1540 Assistance Package in Peru
On February 21st, 2019, UNLIREC and the Government of Peru held the workshop Moving towards a national regulation against biological weapons. The activity was part of the implementation roadmap of Resolution 1540 and...
UNLIREC provides assistance to the Dominican Republic in the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) continues to assist States of the region with the objective of supporting their efforts to...
CARICOM IMPACS, US Department of State and UNLIREC facilitate National Authorities Meeting on Preventing Firearms Trafficking
From 29-30 January 2019, the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), in its role as the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Secretariat, in partnership with the US Department of State and...
UNLIREC organized a course for Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition and their Parts and Components through X-ray technology in Peru
Lima, Peru. From 3 to 7 December, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) in coordination with the National Superintendence for the Control...
UNLIREC and the Government of Paraguay held an executive workshop to increase awareness of the Arms Trade Treaty
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), continues to support State efforts to achieve effective implementa-tion of the Arms Trade Treaty...
UNLIREC carries out PSSM workshop for Private Security Company Personnel in Jamaica
From 27-28 November, UNLIREC carried out the third in a series of technical workshops on international stockpile management standards in Jamaica in order to strengthen the capacity of Private Security Company...
UNLIREC supports the Dominican Republic in physical security and firearms and ammunition stockpile management
Within the framework of the technical assistance that the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) provides to the Dominican Republic in the...
UNLIREC conducts Workshop on the Evaluation of Conventional Arms Transfers with Special Focus on Gender Criterion in El Salvador
The Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, developed the Workshop on the Evaluation of...