Regional workshop assesses ways to implement the International Tracing Instrument
Aimed at raising awareness and discussing how to best build capacity to implement the International Instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons, a regional workshop organized by ODA and the Government of Brazil on 11-12 June 2008 in Rio de Janeiro assessed challenges and opportunities to conduct tracing at the field level. ...
Peru destroys six tons of firearms in compliance with international firearms instruments
The Government of Peru has undertaken a second destruction of 6 tons of firearms (6,850 units) in a process that will culminate with the elimination of more than 42,000 weapons. Initiated on 13 December 2007 with the first destruction of 7,771 weapons seized by the national police–including manufactured and hand-made firearms, the new destruction event carried out on 6 June 2008 included firearms ...
Paraguay advances towards firearms control
The government of Paraguay has implemented a technical assistance package to control the legal trade of firearms and prevent its illicit trafficking with the United Nations since 2002. This comprehensive package is aimed at strengthening human resources and investing in platforms for improved control and coordination of firearms-related activities and consists of the following:

• courses and consultations ...
Best Practice Manual to Improve Information Exchange to Fight Illicit Firearms Trafficking
Representatives from the law enforcement community in Latin America and the Caribbean, accompanied by their European counterparts, created a Regional Information Exchange (RIE) Best Practice Manual on the prevention of illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives and related crimes during a regional training course at the Colombian National Police Intelligence Division (DIPOL) in Bogota, ...
Caribbean States gather to address CCW Adhesion
Momentum for adhesion to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocols was generated during a recent Meeting in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, for Caribbean Countries. However, there is still a long road ahead before all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are legally bound by the Convention and its instruments.

The CCW and its Protocols were inspired by the ...
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11/06/07-Expert Group on Illicit Brokering in small arms, light weapons concludes work; consensus report recommends elements for inclusion in national legislat
29/05/07-UN workshop on implementing Security Council Resolution 1540 in the Caribbean, taking place in Kingston, Jamaica, 29-30 may
13/02/07-Fortieth Anniversary of Latin American Treaty Creating Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
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“BUPA” launched to promote a Culture of Peace among children
On 25 May 2007, in Asuncion, Paraguay, UN-LiREC launched the “Peace Soldier” video-clip with a song celebrating and promoting a “Culture of Peace” and non-violence. It also calls for the importance of arriving at pacific resolutions to conflict. The video-clip marked the introduction of the “PeaceMaker”, also known as “BUPA”, a fictional cartoon character on a quest for sustainable peace, into UN-LiREC’s Peace and Disarmament Education Programme.