United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Difference between revisions

United Nations regional office in Peru

The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) is a regional office of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs located in Lima, Peru. It supports member states in Latin America and the Caribbean in the fields of disarmament, arms control, non-proliferation and related development issues.^[1][2]

UNLIREC was established through UN General Assembly resolution A/41/60J, dated 3 December 1986.^[3]

UNLIREC’s mandate is to provide, upon request, substantive support to states in Latin America and the Caribbean for the implementation of measures for peace and security, and for the promotion of economic and social development.^[4]

Its principal functions include:

• Assisting states in implementing international instruments and commitments on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation.
• Providing legal, policy and technical assistance (such as for firearms and ammunition management, marking/tracing, stockpile safety, destruction).
• Capacity building training of justice, security and law enforcement officials in areas such as illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, and gender perspectives in arms control.^[5]
• Engaging youth, women, civil society, and integrating gender perspectives into disarmament and arms-control programs.^[6]