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United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

United Nations regional office in Peru

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ136657446 ↗
Source-derived summary

The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) is a regional office of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs located in Lima, Peru. It supports member states in Latin America and the Caribbean in the fields of disarmament, arms control, non-proliferation and related development issues.

History

UNLIREC was established through UN General Assembly resolution A/41/60J, dated 3 December 1986.

Mandate and functions

UNLIREC's mandate is to provide, upon request, substantive support to states in Latin America and the Caribbean for the implementation of measures for peace and security, and for the promotion of economic and social development.

Its principal functions include:

Assisting states in implementing international instruments and commitments on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation.

Providing legal, policy and technical assistance (such as for firearms and ammunition management, marking/tracing, stockpile safety, destruction).

Capacity building training of justice, security and law enforcement officials in areas such as illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, and gender perspectives in arms control.

Engaging youth, women, civil society, and integrating gender perspectives into disarmament and arms-control programs.

Regional coverage

The centre supports 33 member states in the Americas.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with United, Nations and Regional providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.