Division Second set of activities

Linkage of Latin American and Caribbean activities to European-related activities and transfer of knowledge and lessons learnt to ensure synergies between Latin America and Caribbean and other regions of the world:

1. 1..

   Assessment of the European firearms legislation and promotion of the EU Code of Conduct on Control of Arms Exports to identify lessons learnt for improvements of Latin American and Caribbean legislation: proposed cooperation with the European Parliament.

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   Expansion and adaptation of the SALSA database system to include information exchange with Member States so as to facilitate coordination and cooperation between the two regions: proposed cooperation with other entities that work on the issue of illicit firearms trafficking, such as national law enforcement entities and EUROPOL.

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   Adaptation of the training course materials developed by the UN-LiREC to the needs and opportunities of countries in other regions of the world so as to enhance lessons learnt.

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   Assessment of the status of implementation and the identification of opportunities for synergies in the recommendations made by the Heads of State and Governments from Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe concerning the firearms issue at the Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Mexico Summit Meetings, notably identifying Summit Declarations related to activities referred to above.

Activities will culminate with the implementation of a Combined Command Post (CCP) — a region-wide centre of operations of the Regional Public Security Training Centre in Brasilia, Brazil — to coordinate firearms-related training and other activities with the work of some 3 000 officials in 33 countries. By the end of 2007, the entire training course package will be transferred from UN-LiREC to the CCP and to individual countries to facilitate national ownership. The CCP will also serve as a hub to link this network of law enforcement entities with other regions.