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Areas of Action

ACTIVITIES OF THE TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COURSE OF ACTION 2012-2016 FOR THE FUNCTIONING AND APPLICATION OF CIFTA. Areas of Action. Marking and tracing Stockpile management and destruction Cooperation, coordination and exchange of information. Marking and tracing.

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Areas of Action

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  1. ACTIVITIES OF THE TECHNICAL SECRETARIATFOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COURSE OF ACTION 2012-2016FOR THE FUNCTIONING AND APPLICATION OF CIFTA

  2. Areas of Action • Marking and tracing • Stockpile management and destruction • Cooperation, coordination and exchange of information

  3. Marking and tracing Activities • Project “Promoting Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean” 2009-2014 • 25 States Parties, 280 persons trained, 287,000 firearms marked • National Experts Working Group - “OAS Firearms Standards: Marking and Recordkeeping” • 24 experts representing 15 States Parties • 2 rounds of revision and final draft • Final version presented at the 2016 session of the Consultative Committee • Assessment visits on marking and tracing systems • Objective: Analyze progress and identify support requirements • Conducted jointly by the Department of Public Security of GS/OAS and Small Arms Survey • Participation by Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras (SAS only), Jamaica, Uruguay

  4. Stockpile Management and Destruction • Program of Assistance for Control of Arms and Munitions (PACAM): • Supported Costa Rica y Guatemala • Destroyed: • 2.831 firearms • 108,691 units of ammunition (2 metric tons) • Fifty Demining and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Course • Offered at the International Demining Center by Ministry of Defense of Spain in collaboration with PACAM and OAS Mine Action program • 12 technicians trained in 2016; total of 85 from 14 States Parties since 2011 • PACAM Regional Office based in Managua forced to close in March 2016 for lack of funding • Between 2007 and 2016, PACAM supported destruction of: • 1.702 metric tons of munitions • 62.050 firearms

  5. Cooperation, coordination andexchange of information • Second Meeting of Open-ended Meeting of Governmental Experts on the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects– June 2015 • Presentation “Illicit Firearms” to the Commission on Hemispheric Security of the OAS Permanent Council – October 2015

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