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UNLIREC trains federal forces on stockpile risk management and security planning in Argentina
On 29-30 November 2012, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) in collaboration the Ministry...
UNLIREC Assists Caribbean States to Strengthen Capacity in Combating Illicit Firearms Trafficking
On 16 April 2012, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), launched a training course to combat...
UNLIREC steps up efforts in Guatemala to prevent armed violence and combat illicit firearms trafficking
Legal practitioners in Guatemala received focused training on combating illicit firearms trafficking through UNLIREC’s Specialized Training Course celebrated in the country’s capital. In parallel, UNLIREC held a...
UNLIREC and Jamaica fight crime by destroying thousands of weapons and offering training in the fight against illicit trafficking
(Kingston) - As part of the project currently being implemented in the Caribbean, UNLIREC and the Government of Jamaica carried out the destruction of approximately 2,000 firearms. The event, which took place on 7...
UNDP and UNLIREC assist Ecuador and Colombia in Strengthening their Capacity to Fight Illicit Firearms Trafficking at the Border
On 7 July 2012, in the city of Tulcan, the bi-national training course on combating the illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives on the border between Colombia and Ecuador concluded with the training...
UNLIREC launches its 2012 firearms activities in Central America
(El Salvador and Guatemala) – UNLIREC’s Director, Ms Mélanie Régimbal, met with national authorities in El Salvador and Guatemala to launch UNLIREC’s 2012 small arms control activities. All UNLIREC activities forming...
Central America continues advancing the implementation of its Security Strategy
El Salvador – On 16 December, Central American Heads of State and Government held the XXXVIII Regular Meeting in San Salvador, El Salvador, where they reaffirmed their commitment to advance regional integration and...
Miembros de la Comunidad Andina analizan avances y retos en la lucha contra el tráfico ilícito de armas pequeñas y ligeras
Quito - Con motivo del X Aniversario del Programa de Acción 2001 de las Naciones Unidas para prevenir, combatir y eliminar el tráfico ilícito de armas pequeñas y ligeras en todo sus aspectos (PoA), la ciudad de Quito...
UNLIREC carried out its first specialized course for legal practitioners in Peru
Lima- As part of UNLIREC’s strategy to support countries in the region, the first Specialized Training Course for Legal Practitioners and Judicial Officials on Combating Impunity in the Illicit Trafficking of Firearms,...
UNLIREC and the Ecuadorian Armed Forces joined forces in the destruction of ammunition
(Quito) - As part of its commitment to promote initiatives in the area of disarmament, on December 7, the Armed Forces of Ecuador, with technical assistance from UNLIREC, destroyed 11,721 munitions decommissioned by...
UNLIREC and the Dominican Republic united in the fight against illicit firearms trafficking
(Santo Domingo, November 2011) – The Ministry of State for the Armed Forces was the scene of UNLIREC´s Inter-institutional Training Course on Combating Illicit Firearms Trafficking (IITC), in Santo Domingo, held from...
The States of the region participate in the III Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in The Americas
(Port of Spain, November 2011) - The III Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA III) was held in Port of Spain under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago,...