UNIDIR Examines Options and Models to Enhance Cooperation and Strengthen End Use/r Control Systems

25/08/2015
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25/08/2015
Activity description

The purpose of this event was to offer insight into potential areas that could be further examined in strengthening end use/r control systems. It was a side-event aimed at introducing UNIDIR's project during the First Conference of States Parties (1CSP) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The side-event was expected to facilitate discussions on challenges and opportunities in strengthening end use/r control systems, and generate ideas on enhancing cooperation, common understanding and alignment in measures in this area, in order to support the effective and practical implementation of the ATT.

Project description

UNIDIR's project, Tackling Diversion (Phase II): Promoting Regional Dialogue to Enhance Common Understanding and Cooperation to Strengthen End Use/r Control Systems, aims to provide a platform to identify potential areas for cooperation, shared understanding and possible alignment of measures to strengthen end use/r control systems at the regional/sub-regional levels. The project recognizes that greater cooperation and alignment between states with regards to common practices and procedures in end use/r control systems will enhance the ability of relevant national stakeholders to more effectively identify and mitigate the risk of arms diversion.

Type of Activity
Sensitization and outreach
Technical material or financial assistance
Focus of Activity
Diversion
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Transfer controls
Partners
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela
Implementers
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Donors
UN Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR)
Contact Details

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Address: Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (0)22 917 31 86/15 83
Fax: +41 (0)22 917 01 76
Email: unidir@unog.ch
Website: http://www.unidir.org