Documentos Claves de la OEA sobre Seguridad, Vol. III CIFTA

Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit
Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms,
Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials
Adopted on November 13, 1977
The States Parties,
AWARE of the urgent need to prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit manufacturing
of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related materials, due
to the harmful effects of these activities on the security of each state and the region as a
whole, endangering the well-being of peoples, their social and economic development,
and their right to live in peace;
CONCERNED by the increase, at the international level, in the illicit manufacturing
of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related materials and by
the serious problems resulting therefrom;
REAFFIRMING that States Parties give priority to preventing, combating, and eradicating
the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives,
and other related materials because of the links of such activities with drug trafficking,
terrorism, transnational organized crime, and mercenary and other criminal activities;
CONCERNED about the illicit manufacture of explosives from substances and articles
that in and of themselves are not explosives--and that are not addressed by this Convention
due to their other lawful uses--for activities related to drug trafficking, terrorism,
transnational organized crime and mercenary and other criminal activities;
CONSIDERING the urgent need for all states, and especially those states that produce,
export, and import arms, to take the necessary measures to prevent, combat, and eradi-
Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms
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