As part of the UN Joint Programme 'Strengthening Human Security and Community Resilience by Fostering Peaceful Coexistence in Peru', UNLIREC, between 2014 and 2016, has carried out: (i) a technical workshop on illicit firearms trafficking, held in Trujillo (34 security sector personnel trained; (ii) an international seminar on the role of local governments and communities in the reduction of armed violence, held in Trujillo; (iii) two firearms destruction activities, destroying a total of 3,322 firearms and training 27 government officials; (iv) support the state-designed awareness raising campaign on the responsible use of pyrotechnics (close to one thousand children sensitized on the responsible use of pyrotechnics); (v) a youth sensitization campaign on the impact of armed violence in the society. UNLIREC also contributed to a Seminar on ‘Citizen Security from a Human Security Perspective’ delivering a presentation on small arms control measures including the findings of household surveys on citizens’ attitudes towards weapons.