United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

#Intro2Disarmanent Video series

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Caribbean Firearms Roadmap

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Firearms in Latin American and Caribbean schools

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Women Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control

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Promoting Small Arms Control in the Private Security Sector

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Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition and Parts and Components Course

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Improving Public Security and Reducing Armed Violence through Training

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Supporting the Elaboration of Defence White Papers

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Building State Capacity to Implement the Arms Trade Treaty

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Supporting Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) on WMD Non-proliferation

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Spotlight

UNLIREC and BHC begin a law enforcement training

A month of capacity-building training to help Trinidad and Tobago’s national security agencies combat firearm-related crimes

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Spotlight

Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Video made with support of the European Union in the framework of EU Council Decision 2019/97 in support of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

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Calendar

Mar31

Virtual consultations with Trinidad and Tobago on Firearms Roadmap

Apr9

Bilateral Virtual consultations with St Lucia, Grenada on Firearms Roadmap

May5

Bilateral Virtual consultations with the St Kitts and Nevis on Firearms Roadmap

May6

Bilateral Virtual consultations with the UK on Firearms Roadmap

May27

Bilateral Virtual consultations with Dominica on Firearms Roadmap

May29

Virtual consultations with INTERPOL, SEESAC, UNODC, UNDP,WCO, OAS on Firearms Roadmap

Jun1

Introduction to Forensic Ballistics

Jun14

Bilateral Virtual consultations with Bahamas on Firearms Roadmap

Jun15

Virtual consultations with Germany, USA, Canada, France, Netherlands, EU on Firearms Roadmap

Jun27

Ballistic Intelligence Management Workshop – Activity 1: Creation and Maintenance of Physical Open Case Files

Jun23

Strategic Trade Control Enforcement (STCE) training for Caribbean States

Jul7

How small arms control can help prevent violence against women in times of COVID-19

Webinar

Jul21

Ammunition control measures: collection and analysis of national norms in Latin America and the Caribbean

Webinar

Jul14

Understanding the phenomenon of firearms in schools: Latin America and the Caribbean perspectives, challenges and responses

Webinar

Sep10

Caribbean Regional Seminar on Conventional Ammunition Managment

Kingston, Jamaica

Sep9

4th Bahamas Firearm Examiner Training

Nassau, Bahamas

Sep5

LA Regional Outreach Seminar on Conventional Ammunition Management

Lima, Peru

Aug26

Ballistics Intelligence Management Training and Planning Mission for Interdiction Training

Bridgetown, Barbados

Aug12

Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition, Parts and Components (ISAAP) Course

Bogota, Colombia

Jul22

Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition, Parts and Components (ISAAP) Course

Asuncion, Paraguay

Jul21

3rd Firearms Examiner Field Training

Nassau, Bahamas

Jul8

Comparison Microscopy Training and Final Evaluation

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Jul1

Roundtable to enhance firearms-related investigations

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Jun25

2nd Workshop on Creation of National Control Authority

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Jun19

EU Expert Meeting on FMCT

Lima, Peru

Jun18

EU Regional Workshop on FMCT for LA States

Lima, Peru

Jun3

Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition, Parts and Components (ISAAP) Course

San Jose, Costa Rica

May28

ATT Implementation Course

Asuncion, Paraguay

May27

Roundtable to Enhance Firearms Related Investigations

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

May20

Planning Mission: Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition, Parts and Components (ISAAP)

San Jose, Costa Rica

May12

2nd Bahamas Firearm Examiner Field Training

Nassau, Bahamas

May7

1540 Table Top Exercise on Focus Lists and Licensing Protocols

Paramaribo, Suriname

May6

Open Case Files: Training, Development and Implementation

Georgetown, Guyana

Apr30

Workshop on Creation of National Control Authority

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Apr25

Round Table Meeting on Enhance Firearms Related Investigations

Bridgetown, Barbados

Apr1

Open Case Files: Training, Development and Implementation

Basseterre, St. Kitts

Mar27

Seminar on Marking of Small Arms and Ammunition

San Jose, Costa Rica

Mar26

Seminar on Arms and Ammunition Import Control

San José, Costa Rica

Mar20

Sub-regional Seminar on Women and Security

San Salvador

Mar14

Technical workshop on international standards management

Costa Roca

Mar12

Firearms and Ammunition Evidence Management Course (EMC)

Guatemala

Mar6

Sub Regional Workshop on Women and Disarmament

San Salvador

Mar5

Framing Key Issues and Informing Processes pertinent to Management of Conventional Ammunition

Ginebra

Oct24

Workshop on Measuring Illicit Trafficking and Community Security through Participatory SDG 16-based Indicators

Peru

Oct23

Firearms and Ammunition Evidence Management Course

Colombia

Oct20

Measuring Illicit Trafficking and Community Security through Participatory SDG 16-based Indicators

Colombia

Sep29

Workshop on Measuring Illicit Trafficking and Community Security through Participatory SDG 16-based Indicators

Peru

Sep25

Refurbishment and Handover of Indoor Test Fire Range

Jamaica

Sep17

Interdiction Course on Firearms and Ammunition, Parts and Components (ICFA) and Workshop on Control Lists

Guatemala

Aug20

Workshop on National Control Authority and Control List

Guatemala

Aug6

Containerized Test Fire System Training and Handover and National Executive Meeting

Belice

Jul18

Technical Workshop on Physical Security and Stockpile Management

Peru

Jun27

Less Lethal Weapons Workshop

Dominican Republic

Jun22

Launching Study of Series on Profiling Ammunition in LAC Region: the Dominican Republic Case-study

New York

Jun21

Launching Study of Ammunition Control Practices in LAC

New York

Jun21

FMCT Regional Conference – Caribbean

Trinidad and Tobago

Jun21

Inter-Institutional Meeting and Practical Marking Exercise

Trinidad and Tobago

UNLIREC in the News

UNLIREC delivers virtual seminar on ‘measures to prevent armed violence against women’ in Panama

23 March 2021

On 23 March 2021, UNLIREC, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Panamanian National Women’s […]

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Roundtable on challenges, best practice, and lessons learned in managing judicial arms storage facilities

23 March 2021

As part of UNLIREC’s efforts to provide support to States in the region, on 23 March 2021, it […]

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UNLIREC trains Royal Bahamas Police Force officials in small arms, ammunition and explosives interdiction

22 March 2021

Between 22 and 26 March 2021, UNLIREC virtually held the Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition, Parts and Components Course […]

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United Nations

Secretary-General

UNODA

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

ATT

The Arms Trade Treaty

1540 Committee

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004)