UNLIREC Enhances Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1540(2004) with funding from Canada

01/01/2014
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31/12/2016
Activity description

As part of UNLIREC's ongoing 'Programme to Strengthen the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 (2004)', the Centre, between 2014 and 2016, has carried out: (i) national legal drafting sessions on UNSCR 1540 obligations in the Dominican Republic; (ii) working sessions for the implementation of UNSCR 1540 in the Dominican Republic; (iii) development of a 1540 National Action Plan in Belize; (iv) Proliferation Financing Legal Drafting Sessions in Belize; (v) a roundtable on UNSCR 1540 implementation and a presentation of a national comparative legal study in Peru; and (vi) a Control List presentation in Barbados. This assistance activities were made possible with financial support from Canada and the Programme is prepared to continue throughout 2017.

Project description

The ongoing Programme to Strengthen the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540(2004) has the objective of assisting Member States strengthen their legislative frameworks to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Legal or legislative assistance
Technical material or financial assistance
Focus of Activity
Border controls
Brokering controls
Control list
International instruments
National action plan (NAP)
Regional cooperation
Transfer controls
Partners
Antigua and Barbuda
Belize
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guyana
Peru
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Implementers
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)
Donors
Canada
Contact Details

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Address: Complejo Javier Pérez de Cuellar Av. Pérez Aranibar 750 Magdalena del Mar – Lima 17, Perú
Phone: +51 1 6259114
Fax: +51 1 6259100
Email: information@unlirec.org
Website: http://unlirec.org/