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UNLIREC Technical Assistance Package on Operational Forensic Ballistics in the Caribbean
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UNLIREC Supports Private Security Companies in Peru in The Management of their Weapons Stockpiles
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UNREC organizes workshop on implementation of ATT for African Small Island Developing States
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-103209 alignright" src="/sites/default/files/2015-06/sids3-300x165.jpg" alt="sids3" width="433" height="238"></p> <p>From 29 to 30 May 2015, the United Nations Office…
Guide to Participating in the Confidence Building Measures of the Biological Weapons Convention aids States Parties with agreed-to reporting requirements
In 1986, the Second Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention decided that States Parties should submit reports on Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) in order to “prevent or reduce the occurrence of ambiguities, doubts and suspicions and in order to improve international co-operation in the field of peaceful biological activities.” States Parties have to submit their CBM reports by 15 April every year giving details of their biological research centres and laboratories and exchange information on outbreaks of diseases on their territory. The CBM forms were designed by…
Promoting nuclear disarmament through film: UNODA's Nuclear Disarmament Documentary Film Series
A documentary film series on nuclear disarmament, hosted in May by the Information and Outreach Branch (IOB) of the Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA), proved both thought-provoking and inspiring. The series, held on the margins of the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, complemented the formal discussions on disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation underway at the Conference. Director of “What Happened that Day,” Massaki Tanabe discusses his film with the audience. IOB carefully selected four films that adopt different approaches to nuclear…
Malawi Hosts Visit by Security Council's 1540 Committee, 20 to 22 May 2015
New York, 29 May (Office for Disarmament Affairs) – A delegation supporting the work of the UN Security Council’s 1540 Committee has concluded a three-day visit to Malawi, carried out at the invitation of the Government. The delegation consisted of two members of the 1540 Committee’s Expert Group as well as two representatives from the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC). The main goal of the visit was to provide assistance to Malawi in the drafting process of its National Action Plan to guide the implementation of UN Security Council…
International maritime operation to facilitate the removal and transport of Syrian chemical materials
The final report of the exercise is available here. Britain’s HMS Diamond escorts MV Ark Futura (top) transporting chemicals from Syria. Photo: UK Ministry of Defence. In order to successfully achieve the objectives of Security Council resolution 2118 (2013) on the elimination of the chemical weapons programme of the Syrian Arab Republic, close cooperation between the United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was crucial. This cooperation was manifested in the establishment of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission for the Elimination of the Chemical…
UNLIREC provided training to Costa Rica on small arms control
UNLIREC provided training to Costa Rican officials using its Specialized Course on Evidence Management of Small Arms and Ammunition, in cooperation with the Judicial Investigation Body of Costa Rica, from 25 to 27 March 2015, in San José. The course is part of the regional project “Preventing Gun Violence in Central America through combatting the illicit trade in small arms”, which is funded by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. Twenty-eight officials from different law enforcement institutions, including eleven female officers, received training on…
UNLIREC assists Trinidad and Tobago in implementing resolution 1540 (2004)
As part of its technical assistance to Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen the national implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), UNLIREC cooperated with INTERPOL and FBI experts to train law enforcement officials in the detection and handling of sensitive dual-use chemical materials and improvised explosives from 3-5 March 2015 in Port of Spain. Four instructors provided theoretical and practical training on the identification of sensitive dual-use chemicals and detailed the threat that these could pose if non-state actors would get access. The training included detailed explanation…
SIPRI Launches 2014 Military Expenditures Data at UN Headquarters
At a side event of the 2015 session of the UN Disarmament Commission on Monday, 13 April at the UN Headquarters in New York, , the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)) launched its 2014 data on global military expenditures, which was followed by a discussion with a panel of experts. Hosted by SIPRI and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA) with the sponsorship of the Permanent Mission of Japan, the event aimed not only to provide an overview of trends in global arms spending, but to connect these to recent developments in international peace and…