“I was privileged to be part of the UN quick response, experiencing once more what it truly means to advance disarmament that saves lives.” - Anselme Yabouri, Director of the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa. On 7 March, Equatorial Guinea was shaken by a series of explosions at a military camp in Bata, its largest city. 107 people died and more than 600 people were injured. Shortly afterward, the Government of Equatorial Guinea requested the assistance of the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), In response, UNREC joined technical experts from the Geneva-based Ammunition Management Advisory Team…
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from 23 to 25 November 2020, UNREC organized a training on the integration of gender-responsive measures in the control of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC). This initiative supported the National Commission on the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons and Reduction of Armed Violence (CNC-ALPC) and the implementation of the 2018-2022 National Action Plan (NAP) for the control and management of SALW. Experts from the Ministries of Gender, Family and Children, Defense, Interior and Foreign Affairs, as well as civil society experts, participated in the event. This training allowed stakeholders responsible for the…
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Officials in the Central African Republic held a multi-day training last month to further harness their small arms control practices and policies in support of gender equality and related priorities. Over three days of presentations and interactive exercises organized in Bangui by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), Government and civil society participants boosted their readiness to systematically weave gender considerations into national and local small arms control efforts, in line with the women, peace and security agenda. The training was part of a multi-year global project led by the United Nations Office for Disarmament…
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MOSAIC translates into practice the objectives of key global agreements aiming to prevent the illicit trade, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, including: the Programme of Action on the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons the International Tracing Instrument the Firearms Protocol supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime the Arms Trade Treaty. MOSAIC modules are based on good practices, codes of conduct and standard operating procedures that have been developed at (sub-)regional levels. They were developed by the UN, benefitting from the very best technical advice from experts around the world. MOSAIC is a completely voluntary toolkit…
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The present report provides an account of the activities of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa from July 2019 to June 2020. During that period, the Centre continued to provide assistance to Member States, at their request, and to regional and subregional intergovernmental and civil society organizations in Africa to promote peace, security, disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation of conventional arms and weapons of mass destruction. The Centre also bolstered its information, communication and outreach efforts to promote peac e and disarmament. Click here to download the Report Related Documents Database of the reports of the Secretaries-General on the…
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Adopted on April 30, 2010 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition, All Parts and Components That May Allow Their Manufacture, Repair and assembly, commonly known as the Kinshasa Convention, will total its ten (10) years of existence this Thursday, April 30, 2020. The genesis of this convention is known as the Sao Tome initiative. Indeed, the member states of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), meeting within the framework of the 25th Ministerial Meeting of the United Nations Standing…
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PRESS RELEASE The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) in cooperation with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and the Geneva Branch of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) is organizing an expert meeting on the possible future negotiations of a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. The meeting will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, on 17 – 18 December 2019. The round-table discussion aims to facilitate dialogue at the regional and cross-regional levels among experts from Asia…
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From September 25 to 27, 2019, the Sub-Regional Legal Assistance Workshop for States Parties to the Kinshasa Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) was held at the Sipopo International Conference Center in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea. This workshop, organized with the support of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is an integral part of the project "Supporting African States in the framework of the African Union's vision of "Silencing the Guns of Africa by 2020 ": Capacity Building of Central African States ", jointly implemented by the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the United Nations Regional Center…
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From 25th to 27th September 2019, at the Sipopo International Conference Center in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, the United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) organized, in collaboration with the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, with the political support of the African Union, a Sub-Regional Legal Assistance Workshop for States Parties to the Kinshasa Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). The workshop is an integral part of the project "Supporting African States towards the…
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September 21, 2019- To mark the International Day of peace in Togo, the Government, through its National Commission on Small Arms and Light weapons with the technical assistance of the United Nations Regional Centre for peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), proceeded to the destruction of 2,000 seized and obsoletes weapons and more than 10,000 ammunition. Chaired by the Ministry of Security, the ceremony took place in the presence of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the Director of UNREC, representatives of the Ministry of Security and National Defence, traditional authorities, NGO representatives and the media. The ceremony fits well not only in…
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The United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) will organize in collaboration with the Government of Equatorial Guinea, a Sub-Regional Legal Assistance Workshop for State Parties to the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, their Ammunition, Parts and Components that can be used for their Manufacture, Repair or Assembly”, also known as Kinshasa Convention, from 25 to 27 September 2019, in Malabo (Republic of Equatorial Guinea). After the workshop held in Yaounde (Republic…
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On 14 August 2019, UNREC Handed over two (02) Couth MC 2000 firearms marking machines to the Government of Togo trough the Togolese Minister for Security and Protection of Civilians in a formal ceremony attended by the Ambassador of Japan. This ceremony marked the launch of the Arms marking process in the framework of the project entitled ‘Technical Assistance for Physical Security and Stockpile Management, Marking and Destruction of Small Arms and Light Weapons and Related Ammunitions in Togo’. The Project is implemented by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament (UNREC), the African Centre of the UN Office…
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