UNLIREC promotes awareness and implementation of international standards on firearms and ammunition stockpile management in Peru

23/07/2018
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24/07/2018
Activity description

As part of the ‘Stockpile Management and Arms and Ammunition Destruction’ project and with funding from the United States, from 23-24 July 2018, UNLIREC organized a training workshop in Lima, Peru, for military personnel on international standards in physical security and stockpile management. Participants were provided with theoretical and practical knowledge on, inter alia, the classification and identification of arms, ammunition, explosives, hazardous materials, risk assessments, security plans, inventories, arms depots, storage methods, weapons marking and destruction. The training was conducted in accordance with the International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS) and International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG).

Project description

Through the ‘Stockpile Management and Arms and Ammunition Destruction’ project, UNLIREC supports states in Latin America and the Caribbean in the destruction of their surplus, obsolete and confiscated weapons; improve stockpile safety and security; and use inventory management (record keeping) tools in compliance with international best practices and standards via technical assistance, training and the delivery of equipment. The project is funded by the government of the United States of America.  

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Sensitization and outreach
Technical material or financial assistance
Focus of Activity
Ammunition
Destruction
International instruments
Inventory and stockpile management
Marking
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Tracing
Partners
Peru
Implementers
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)
Donors
USA
Contact Details

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Address: Av.
Jorge Chávez 275, piso 3, Miraflores Lima, Perú
Telephones: (+51 1) 625-9114, (+51 1) 625-9100
Email:information@unlirec.org
Website: http://unlirec.screativa.com/en/