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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From 15 July to 9 August 2019 in Lomé, Togo, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), the Alioune Blodin Bèye Peacekeeping School in Bamako (EMP Bamako), and the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection of Togo, co-organized training of trainers (ToT) of the Togolese police and gendarmerie meat to prepare Formed Police Units(FPU) for deployment to United Nations peacekeeping missions including the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) The closing ceremony was chaired by the Secretary General of the Togolese Minister for Security…
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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 2018 to June 2019. 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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The government of Togo, through its National Commission on small arms and light weapons (CNLPAL Togo) organised a week-long training of trainers in physical security and stockpile management, marking and record-keeping from 08 to 12 July 2019 in Lomé, Togo, as per weapons and ammunition management international standards, notably the modular small arms control implementation compendium (MOSAIC) and the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG). The trainings were hosted by the Togolese CNLPAL, with the technical support of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament (UNREC), the African Centre of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA). These trainings…
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FORMATION DES FORMATEURS DE LA POLICE ET DE LA GENDARMERIE TOGOLAISE CHARGES DE PREPARER LES UNITES DE POLICE CONSTITUEES EN VUE DE LEUR DEPLOIEMENT DANS LES MISSIONS DE MAINTIEN DE LA PAIX. Le Centre régional des Nations Unies pour la paix et le désarmement en Afrique (UNREC), l’Institut des Nations Unies pour la Formation et la Recherche (UNITAR) et l’Ecole de Maintien de la Paix Alioune Blodin Bèye de Bamako (EMP Bamako), co-organisent une formation des formateurs de la police et de la gendarmerie togolaise chargés de préparer les Unités de Police Constituées en vue de leur déploiement dans les missions…
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The Government of Togo, through its National Commission for the Fight against the Proliferation, the Circulation of Small Arms and Light Weapons, has launched today, 8 July 2019 in Lomé, a training of trainers’ workshop in Physical Security and Stockpile Management, Weapons Marking and Data Recording with the technical support of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and funding support from Japan. The workshop brought together thirty-five (35) participants representing different bodies of the National Defense and Security Forces including the Army, the Police, the Gendarmerie, Customs, the Water and Forest, Penitentiary and three civilians…
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