From 14 to fifteen November, Ministers of Nationwide Safety and different officers from the 15 CARICOM States and the Dominican Republic, in addition to worldwide donors and different companions, gathered in Saint Lucia for the third Annual Assembly of States of the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap.
The assembly was hosted by the CARICOM Implementation Company for Crime and Safety (IMPACS) and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) in collaboration with the Authorities of Saint Lucia.
Contributors reviewed progress on the Roadmap’s targets and motion factors, which embody strengthening regulatory frameworks on firearms and ammunition; lowering the illicit stream of firearms into, inside and past the area, and strengthening legislation enforcement capability to fight illicit firearms trafficking.
Additionally they shared finest practices and classes learnt from nationwide initiatives to handle armed violence throughout the area and strengthen the safety of the Caribbean area and its communities.
The assembly issued a Joint Statement that reaffirmed members’ dedication to implementing the Roadmap and included an attraction to “manufacturing and exporting states to determine simpler controls to fight the illicit trafficking of weapons in direction of the nations of the Caribbean area, given the affect on the regional stability.”
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