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Report on Activities, 2013

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa

First Committee, 68th session 28 October 2013

Introduction

• UNREC
• Is the United Nations Office for Disarmament

Affairs field presence in Africa, based in Lomé, Togo

• Operates under the Regional Disarmament

Branch

• Is funded through the regular budget (existing

resources within the Secretariat) and voluntary contributions from Member States and other donors

• Provide assistance, upon request, to Member

States, African Union, African regional and subregional organisations

Mandate

• “Provide, upon request,

substantive support for initiatives and other efforts of Member States of the African region towards the realization of measures

• f peace, arms

limitation and disarmament in the region” (Resolution 40/151 G)

• Peace and Security: e.g. support to UNSAC,

contribution to SSR

• Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
• Controlling the illicit trade in SALW
• Conventional Weapons
• ATT: 31 African States

have signed, Nigeria has Ratified

• Weapons of Mass Destruction: BWC, SC Res.

1540 Thematic programmes of 2013

Priorities for the next 12 months

• Peace and security: contributing to
• UNSAC
• AU-Regions steering committee
• Integrated Strategy on the Sahel
• Small Arms and Light Weapons:
• Address new disarmament challenges
• Ratification and implementation of regional

instruments

• Arms Trade Treaty: ratification
• Weapons of Mass Destruction. Support to:
• Universalization of BWC
• Implementation of SC Res. 1540 and Treaty of

Pelindaba

Thank you, merci

More information:

www.unrec.org