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UNLIREC contributes to arms control in Guatemala through training in firearms and ammunition stockpile management
The United Nation Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in cooperation with the Institute of Education for the Sustainable Development (IEPADES), carried...
UNLIREC provides assistance on forensic ballistics to Guyana
From 2-7 November 2015, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the government of Guyana, carried out a three-day...
UNLIREC assists Peruvian local authorities in destroying over 2,000 small arms
With the assistance of the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), Peruvian authorities destroyed over 2,000 small arms in the northern city of Trujillo,...
UNLIRECs Forces of Change II publication highlights the contribution of Latin American and Caribbean women to disarmament
Lima, 25 November 2014 – Coinciding with the celebrations of the UN International Day on the Elimination of Violence against Women, UNODA’s Regional Disarmament Centre in Lima (UNLIREC) launched a new publication aimed...
United Nations and SUCAMEC join forces to combat illicit trafficking and possession of small arms in Trujillo
Trujillo,19 November 2014 – The UN System in Peru , under the Joint Programme on Human Security, and in close cooperation with the National Superintendence for the Control of Security Services, Arms, Ammunition and...
UNLIREC partners with Mexico to promote gender and youth approaches to implementing the UN 2001 PoA and the ATT
On 13 November 2014 UNLIREC organized a roundtable on incorporating gender and youth approaches when implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms (PoA) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The...
South American regional workshop on the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004)
The Government of Peru, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC),...
Grenada makes progress in implementing UN Security Council resolution 1540(2004) on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
UNLIREC officially launched its 1540 Programme with its first field activity in Grenada. This forms part of UNLIREC’s new 1540 assistance package for the Caribbean, which benefits from funding from US Department of...
Seminar on the development of a national course within the framework of WMD commodity identification training
Representatives of the United States Department of Energy summoned various national authorities in Peru and a number of international experts from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, México, Panama and Peru to the UNLUREC...
International Maritime Organization and UNLIREC work with the Government of Grenada to enhance maritime and port security
UNLIREC has been working with the Government of Grenada to provide legal and technical assistance under its 1540 Assistance Package since early 2014. During the 1540 national roundtable held in June 2014, UNLIREC and...
UNLIREC and Trinidad and Tobago convene national roundtable on strengthening the implementation of Resolution 1540 (2004)
On 13-14 October 2014, UNLIREC convened a national roundtable on strengthening the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in Trinidad and Tobago. The roundtable was held in collaboration with the...
UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Arms Trade Treaty Implementation Course launched this week in Costa Rica
In response to requests by States in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to help prepare them for the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and...