UNODC Firearms Management Assistance in Senegal

27/02/2014
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28/02/2014
Activity description

Meetings between United Nations Office in Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and senior-level police officers were held in Dakar on 27 and 28 February 2014 on capacity building related to the marking and record keeping of firearms. Also, the refurbishment of storage facilities for seized weapons at police stations was agreed, and a committee to identify the posts to be refurbished was established. A validation workshop of the draft law on the system of arms and ammunition and the decree of application was held in September 2014. Officials of the Government of Senegal finalized and validated a technical draft of firearms legislation and officially deposited it with the authorities for adoption. UNODC also provided support in drafting and developing firearms legislation Senegal. In 2015, UNODC supported the refurbishment of a common storage facility for all the law enforcement agencies (justice, police, customs, gendarmerie, etc.).

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Legal or legislative assistance
Focus of Activity
Inventory and stockpile management
Marking
Record-keeping
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Partners
Senegal
Implementers
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Donors
Japan
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