UNODC Firearms Marking in Burkina Faso and Mali 2015

01/01/2015

31/12/2015

Activity description

In 2015, United Nations Office in Drugs and Crime (UNODC) assisted in the marking and registration of more than 800 firearms from the Police in Burkina Faso, while in Mali, more than 300 firearms from Rangers (Eaux et Forêts) have gone through the process. In 2016, UNODC will provide further technical support to continue and improve marking and registration in the two countries as well as in Niger and Senegal.

Type of Activity

Technical material or financial assistance

Focus of Activity

Marking

Record-keeping

Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls

Partners

Burkina Faso

Mali

Implementers

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

URLs

'Burkina Faso and Mali mark over 1,100 firearms', UNODC Sahel Programme Progress Report January 2016

Go to the link

Contact Details

United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Vienna International Centre
PO Box 500
A 1400 Vienna
Austria
T: + (43) (1) 26060
F: + (43) (1) 263-3389
E: info@unodc.org
W: https://www.unodc.org/

Firearms Programme: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/firearms-protocol/gfp.html

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Regional Office for West and Central Africa
Immeuble Abbary
Almadies Extension, Zone 10, Villa 10 BP 455
18524 Dakar
Senegal
T: +221 33 859 9696
F: +221 33 859 9650
E: fo.senegal@unodc.org
W: www.unodc.org/westandcentralafrica