UNODC Meeting on Sharing of Good Practices in Countering Illicit Manufacturing and Illicit trafficking in Firearms and its Link to transnational Organized Crime, Lessons Learned from the Global Firearms Programme - 2015

23/03/2015
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26/03/2015
Activity description

The United Nations Office in Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted a Cross-Regional Meeting titled 'Sharing of Good Practices in Countering Illicit Manufacturing and Illicit trafficking in Firearms and its Link to transnational Organized Crime, Lessons Learned from the Global Firearms Programme- GLOX34'. The meeting was carried out in the framework of the Global Firearms Programme and brought together 32 firearms control authorities and criminal justice practitioners from 19 countries representing South America and the Sahel-Saharan region. The meeting facilitated the discussions on the similarities and differences of the firearms trafficking situation in the two regions.

Type of Activity
Sensitization and outreach
Focus of Activity
Diversion
Regional cooperation
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Partners
Argentina
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Gambia
Ghana
Mali
Niger
Paraguay
Peru
Senegal
Togo
Uruguay
Implementers
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Donors
Japan
European Union (EU)
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