More than 500 seminars, workshops and conferences are organized every year. The Centres have also reached over 19,000 children through disarmament and non-proliferation education activities. 
In a landmark development, senior political decision-makers and technical directors of the government of Mali have given their mark of approval to the PSSM Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) developed by United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) within the framework of the UNREC-led Physical Security and Stockpile Management –PSSM Sahel project. This important development was arrived at after intense consultations between Malian authorities and UNREC in September 2017 during which UNREC, in…
The illicit proliferation, circulation and trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in the Sahel region and neighboring countries constitutes a threat to peace and security. This phenomenon has not only increased the impact and intensity of armed conflicts, but also led to a generalized insecurity hindering the economic, social and political development of countries in the region. In order to bring a common and concrete response to address these challenges, the United Nations Regional Centre…
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE Le Centre Régional des Nations Unies pour la paix et le désarmement en Afrique (UNREC), en collaboration avec les autorités nationales maliennes, organise une série d’ateliers sur le thème : « Validation des Procédures standards opérationnelles (SOP) et procédures administratives ». Les activités se dérouleront du 12 au 15 septembre 2017 à l’Hôtel Onomo de Bamako (Mali). Ces ateliers s’inscrivent dans le cadre du projet « Sécurité physique et gestion des stocks (PSSM)» au Sahel…
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) sub regional platform for West and Central Africa are organising a symposium for the adoption of an Action Plan to fight against the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in the Sahel region. The activities will take place from 6 to 7 September 2017 at Bolton White Hotel in Abuja - Nigeria. As the last step…
The present report contains an account of the activities undertaken by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa from July 2016 to June 2017.During the reporting period, the Regional Centre continued to assist Member States, at their request, and intergovernmental and civil society organizations in Africa to promote peace, security, disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation. Click here to download the Report Related Documents Database of the reports of the Secretaries-General on the activities undertaken by the…
5 - 6 July 20107. The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), in cooperation with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and with support of the 1540 Committee Group of Experts, organized a workshop on the implementation of resolution 1540. The main objective of the workshop was to facilitate the effective implementation of resolution 1540 by stakeholders in Mauritania and to assist the Government in drafting its first national report…
The proliferation of illicit small arms is a problem that affects many countries in Africa. The Sahel region is one of the most affected. These undocumented and mostly illegally held arms do not only threaten the safety and security of communities but are also used by dangerous transnational criminal networks engaged in various forms of trafficking, including of weapons, humans and illegal drugs. In many instances these arms also fall into the wrong hands where they…
UNREC apporte son appui au Niger dans le cadre de la validation des procédures standard opérationnelles (SOP) et procédures administratives de gestion des armesLe Centre Régional des Nations Unies pour la paix et le désarmement en Afrique (UNREC), en collaboration avec les autorités nationales nigériennes, organise une série d’ateliers sur le thème : « Validation des Procédures standards opérationnelles (SOP) et procédures administratives ». Les activités se dérouleront du 11 au 14 juillet 2017 au Grand…
On 18 May 2017, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), together with the Government of the Republic of Togo, launched a project to support the Government’s efforts in marking, rehabilitation of stores and destruction of obsolete weapons and ammunition. Chaired by the Togolese Minister of Security and Civil Protection and in the presence of the Permanent Secretary to the National Commission to Fight Against the Proliferation and Illicit Trafficking of Small…
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…
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