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Regional disarmament
Other important achievements were the implementation of the SICA
project to promote the implementation of United Nations Security Council
resolution 1540 (2004), aimed at preventing the proliferation of weapons of
mass destruction and other transnational threats, and the Central American
Border Security Programme, which sought to strengthen internal and
peripheral border security by using institutional and technical support and
by promoting greater connectivity, integrated management and information
sharing in border areas.
Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and
Security
Efforts were made under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI)
through the activation of four technical committees and the convening of the
second meeting of the CBSI Commission. The technical committees were in
the following areas:
• Law enforcement information sharing;
• Law enforcement cooperation and capacity-building, which focused
broadly on building the capacity of the justice sector to fight violent and
organized crime, as well as illicit trafficking of guns and drugs, moneylaundering,
cybercrime and corruption;
• Crime prevention by focusing on vulnerable youth and at-risk
populations; and
• Maritime and aerial domain security cooperation.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member States benefited from
the stockpile management and disposal project of the United Nations Regional
Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the
Caribbean (UNLIREC), which provided significant assistance to CARICOM
States. The UNLIREC efforts were synchronized with the CARICOM
Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) programme of
work targeting SALW projects, such as the Regional Integrated Ballistic
Information Network (RIBIN) and Strengthening CARICOM Cooperation to
Reduce Gun Crime.
CARICOM continued to pursue the development of a RIBIN to track
licensed firearms and ammunition and those that had been stolen, lost or
recovered.
CARICOM member States received new laser-marking machines
for firearms from the Organization of American States (OAS) as part of
capacity-building efforts on marking and tracing within the context of the
United Nations Programme of Action. OAS and CARICOM IMPACS also
endeavoured to improve collaboration through the establishment of Public
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