UN body examines local weapons’ stockpiles

Guyana is slated to receive assistance on stockpile management and destruction of firearms, ammunition and explosives through the United Nations Regional Centre on Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) once the government approves the Baseline Assessment that is expected to be made by the body.

According to a release from the Ministry of Home Affairs, an Assessment Mission from the UNLIREC was in Guyana between June 10 and 14 and visited the stockpile facilities within the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Defence Force