In addressing issues related to armed violence, the illicit trafficking in small arms, but also weapons of mass destruction, the Regional Centres contribute to building sustainable peace and security in communities and societies, a prerequisite for sustainable development 
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), in collaboration with the Mauritanian national authorities, organizes a workshop on “Physical Security and Stockpile Management procedures” to be held from on 25th -26th April 2017. The event will take place in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania at the Monotel hotel Dar El Bakar. This workshop is part of the activities of the Physical Security and Stockpile Management in Sahel project, co-funded by the…
Formerly restricted mainly to North Africa, violent Islamic extremism now forms a strategic African continuum from West to East, with the Sahelian zone and the Lake Chad Basin emerging as prime areas. This extremist violence is fueled by the continuing inflows of foreign terrorist fighters (FTF). In the Lake Chad basin region where a wave of violence is threatening Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad, these FTF are benefitting from the proliferation, diversion and illicit trafficking of Small…
The conditions for the entry into force of the Kinshasa Convention were met following the deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification by Angola on 6 February 2017. In accordance with its article 35, paragraph 1, the Convention shall therefore enter into force on 8th March 2017 (“30 days after the date of deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession”). Adopted on 30 April 2010, six out of the eleven signatories namely…
The United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), with the support of the Cameroonian authorities, will organise a Training of Trainers Workshop on the Inter-Institutional Course for the fight against the Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and their Ammunition in Africa. This workshop will take place Djeuga Palace Hotel from 24 to 28 January 2017. This workshop is financed by the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Center (UNCTC) and is part…
The present database contains the reports of the Secretaries-General on the activities undertaken by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa from 1995 to 2016. …
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) will host a Regional Workshop on Physical Security and Stockpile Management from 15 – 17 November 2016, in Lome Togo. The workshop will take place at the hotel Sarakawa. This workshop is being held within the framework of the Physical Security and Stockpile Management Project – PSSM- Sahel, co-financed by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, (UNODA) and the European Union. The project aims to support countries in the region, namely…
Paper prepared by UNREC as a contribution to the emerging discourse on enhancing maritime security in Africa, gives an overview of the overall challenge, conceptual definitions and international instruments relevant to maritime security in Africa . Available for download as a PDF file Photos of the Event
Peoples and the international community across the African continent, celebrated yesterday, 21st September 2016, the “International Day of Peace”, dedicatedby the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 55/282 as "a day of non-violence and cease-fire.” The declaration is an invitation addressing all countries and their people to cease hostilities on the one hand and to invest in education on peace, tolerance and non-violence on the other. The theme of this year’s International day of Peace Day…
Within the framework of its ongoing work to address the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa, UNREC opened the Parliamentary Lusophone Workshop on the Ratification and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (statement attached), Hosted by the Government of Cape Verde and organised by Parliamentarians for Global Action in Praia, Cape Verde More Information
On 8 and 9 August 2016 in partnership with the Malian National Commission for the Fight Against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons CNLPAL) UNREC, jointly with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organised a legal drafting workshop to support Mali in its efforts to develop a new law for the control of small arms and light weapons. Under the leadership of the president of the CNLPAL, General Coulibaly Kane, more than 20 international and…
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) hosted experts from six countries of the Sahel to work on regional security and stability through preventing the diversion of, and illicit trafficking of government-held conventional arms and ammunition. The lack of effective Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) measures in existing depots of conventional arms and ammunition in the Sahel constitutes a serious setback to peace and security in the region and beyond…
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2016, the Director of UNREC, Ms. Olatokunbo IGE, visited the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) to promote the role of women in disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control at a meeting of the KAIPTC Women Peace and Security Institute’s (WPSI) Communication Network.The Communication Network, celebrating its first anniversary in March 2016, was established to explore ways of promoting women’s participation in security matters, particularly focusing on implementation…
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