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UNLIREC supports Central America in bolstering its criminal investigative techniques
UNLIREC, as part of its efforts to support the Central American Security Strategy, is in the process of developing a training guide to help Central American governments better integrate firearms and ammunition evidence...
UNLIREC delivers specialized course for legal practitioners on combating impunity in firearms related offenses in Belize
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) organized in cooperation with the Government of Belize a specialized national course for legal...
UNLIREC and Guyana continue collaboration to destroy weapons and ammunition
Following the donation of a set of hydraulic shears, for the destruction of small arms and a Small Arms Ammunition Burning Tank (SAABT) to the Government of Guyana by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace,...
UNLIREC and Mexico join forces to promote future implementation of new Arms Trade Treaty
On 27 February 2014, UNLIREC and the Government of Mexico convened a meeting of national stakeholders at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs to discuss various initiatives to promote implementation of the Arms Trade...
UNLIREC present in launch of new study on seized arms in Peru – 2013 Report
The Coordinator of UNLIREC´s Public Security Programme, Dr. William Godnick, participated in the launch of a study on seized arms in Peru - 2013 Report. The report, developed by the National Superintendence for the...
Jamaica y UNLIREC llevaron a cabo sesiones técnicas de trabajo y mesa redonda nacional sobre el fortalecimiento de la implementación de la resolución 1540 (2004)
Del 2-5 de diciembre de 2014, UNLIREC, en colaboración con el Gobierno de Jamaica, realizó una serie de sesiones técnicas legislativas de trabajo y una mesa redonda nacional sobre el fortalecimiento de la aplicación de...
UNLIREC and Guyana collaborate in the destruction of weapons
On 23 January 2014, UNLIREC officially handed over a set of hydraulic shears to the Government of Guyana for the destruction of small arms and a Small Arms Ammunition Burning Tank (SAABT) for the destruction of small...
UNLIREC supports Peru in the destruction of over 3,000 firearms
(Peru, Dec. 17) – UNLIREC supported the National Regulatory Entity for Security Services, Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives for Civil Use (SUCAMEC) in the destruction of over 3,000 firearms via smelting at the...
UNLIREC and Peruvian Ministry of Defence increase capacity of defence sector on disarmament and non-proliferation issues
(Peru, 12 Dec. 2013) – For the first time, UNLIREC and the Peruvian Ministry of Defence joined forces to expand the capacity of the defence sector (joint command, army, armed forces and police) on a wide gamut of...
UNLIREC fortalece las capacidades de las mujeres en El Salvador para combatir el tráfico ilícito de armas
(El Salvador, Noviembre de 2013) – El 25 de noviembre, coincidiendo con las celebraciones del Día Internacional de la ONU para la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer, UNLIREC inauguró un Curso Nacional...
UNLIREC lends firearms-related legal assistance to Government of Guatemala
19 November 2013, the Government of Guatemala and UNLIREC organized a one-day legal seminar on small arms control in Guatemala City. The seminar was chaired by the Vice-ministry of Violence and Crime Prevention, and...
UNLIREC facilitates national dialogue for standardizing small arms and ammunition marking practices in El Salvador
UNLIREC and the Ministry of Justice and Public Security co-organized a seminar on 17 November to advance the standardization of small arms and ammunition marking practices in El Salvador. The marking of small arms and...