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Dominican Republic: Customs authorities are trained to ensure strategic trade is in compliance with Resolution 1540
From 25 to 28 October 2022, 38 customs officers, including 16 women, from the Dominican Republic participated in a training on the implementation of strategic trade control in the context of United Nations Security...
Belize works to reduce armed violence and crimes involving firearms
From 18 to 21 October 2022 Belizean authorities participated in the National Ballistics Intelligence Management Course and a Monitoring and Evaluation Roundtable Meeting with a view to reducing the effects of armed...
Guyana trains officials on interdicting small arms and ammunition to prevent illicit trafficking
From 5 October to 21 October 2022, nineteen officials, including four women, from the Guyana Police Force, Guyana Defence Force, Guyana Revenue Authority, Cheddi Jagan International Airport and Ogle Airport Inc....
Guyana works to reduce armed violence and crimes involving firearms
From 27 to 30 September 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Government of Guyana, held the National...
UNLIREC hosts SALIENT funded meeting in Jamaica in support of National Action Plan
On 21 September 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), hosted a roundtable meeting in support of Jamaica’s National Action Plan...
Peru gears up to strengthen response to illicit arms and ammunition trafficking
From 12 to 16 September 2022, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) in collaboration with the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru,...
Police officers of Bahamas, Barbados and Grenada trained to restore serial numbers on firearms
On 29 August and from 5 to 7 September, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Governments of the Bahamas,...
Colombian authorities exchange experiences in tackling illicit arms and ammunition trafficking in international course
During a course organised by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) held from 21 to 26 August 2022, Colombian authorities shared their...
Jamaica: UNLIREC hosts training to reduce effects of armed violence
From 15 to 18 August, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Government of Jamaica, carried out the National...
UNLIREC hands over Double Casting Kit and hosts Double Cast Training for Trinidad and Tobago
From 8 to 10 August 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) delivered its Double Casting Course and handed over one Double Casting...
UNLIREC holds first in-person course on promoting gender mainstreaming in firearms-related criminal investigations in Peru
On 3 and 4 August 2022, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Directorate of Criminal...
UNLIREC conducts first national training for officials in Jamaica on interdicting small arms, ammunition and explosives
From 3 to 19 August 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) delivered its Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition, Parts and Components...