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In the Americas, an estimated
Homicides
have occurred since January 1, 2011
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This must stop!

Our actions in the hemisphere
Tasa Homicidio OAS Supports Firearms
Destruction in Central America

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The OAS has initiated a program to assist the Central American governments in the destruction of firearms as part of its efforts to reduce armed violence in the sub region. The first phase of a project to eliminate over ten thousand small arms in Guatemala concluded on December 7, with the destruction of 1,008 weapons.

Challenges of the XXI Century

Blackwell: "Transnational organized crime is everyone´s´ problem"
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The Secretary for Multidimensional Security of the OAS, Adam Blackwell, said that international crime is "a problem of all operating" in the developed and developing countries, where poverty, inequality, social exclusion and political challenges governance are the causes and consequences of the problem. Ambassador Blackwell participated in the inauguration ceremony of the Third Meeting of the Working Group on Transnational Organized Crime, on 16 November in Trinidad and Tobago.

 
With the support of

Canada
Government of Canada
through its "Anti-Crime Capacity
Building Program" (ACCBP)


España

Government of Spain
through Ministerio de Asuntos
Exteriores y de Cooperación


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