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OAS Donates Firearms Marking Equipment to The Bahamas
July 6, 2011
The Organization of American States (OAS) today donated firearms marking equipment to the government of The Bahamas to be used by its Ministry of National Security with the objective of improving controls against the illicit trafficking in this type of weapon.
The machine was turned over during a ceremony in the central headquarters of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in Nassau, Bahamas, attended by both the Minister of National Security, Tommy Turnquest, and the OAS representative to the Bahamas, Juliet Mallet-Phillip.
The donation was completed in the framework of the project titled, “Promoting Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean,” in the framework of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA), and seeks to strengthen national capabilities in matters of firearms marking.
Together with the marking machine, the Government of The Bahamas also received a computer in order to facilitate the process of maintaining marked firearms data. In addition, the Public Security Department of the OAS is scheduled to conduct a training workshop with 18 staff members of the National Security Ministry, over the course of two days, focusing on the use of the firearms marking equipment.
On January 24 of this year, at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, the Organization’s General Secretariat and the Government of the Bahamas entered into a cooperation agreement to implement the project. With the support of the United States Government, the project benefits 30 countries of the region through the donation of firearms marking equipment and the necessary training for its use.
One of the primary goals of the OAS is to strengthen its Member States’ national capacities to respond in an effective and efficient manner to the increasing levels of crime and violence that are the result of illicit trafficking in firearms. In this regard, the OAS will cooperate with the countries of the region to help them establish policies and legislation to mark firearms at the time of manufacture and / or import.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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