Efforts to fight the illicit proliferation and misuse of firearms and ammunition engaged the eye of Ministers of Safety, CARICOM officers, and different high-level representatives from the Caribbean Area through the third Annual Assembly of States of the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap convened yesterday, Tuesday, 14 November, in Saint Lucia.
The assembly was organised 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 federal government of Saint Lucia and the assist of the Authorities of Canada.
The primary day of the assembly was devoted to the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap’s operational points, together with the significance of evidence-based policymaking established from knowledge assortment efforts and a strong monitoring and analysis framework. Members shared finest practices and classes realized from nationwide flagship initiatives to deal with armed violence throughout the Area.
Different stakeholders made interventions, together with the co-custodians of the Roadmap, CARICOM IMPACS and UNLIREC, in addition to implementing companions such because the Group of American States (OAS), Worldwide Legal Police Group (INTERPOL), the United Nations Growth Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Workplace on Medicine and Crime (UNODC), the Small Arms Survey (SAS) and the World Customs Group (WCO). Ms Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Below-Secretary-Basic and Excessive Consultant for Disarmament Affairs, additionally participated.
At present’s session included a high-level plenary with ministers and officers from CARICOM Member States, the Dominican Republic and the worldwide group. The plenary included a overview of the numerous progress and necessary achievements made underneath the Roadmap thus far whereas inspecting methods to attain additional progress to beat current implementing gaps to additional strengthen the safety of the Area.
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