The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa () is a regional office of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs located in Lomé, Togo. It is mandated to support member states in Africa on issues of disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation. It assists African countries in promoting peace and security in the region.

History

UNREC was established through UN General Assembly resolution A/40/151G, dated 16 December 1985.

Mandate and functions UNREC's mandate, as defined in the founding resolution, is to provide, on request, substantive support to African member states for initiatives aimed at achieving peace, arms control and disarmament in the region.

Its principal functions include:

Supporting dialogue and confidence-building among states in the region. Providing capacity-building, legal and technical assistance to states in the region. Cooperating with regional and sub-regional organizations (for example the African Union) and coordinating regional activities to promote arms control and disarmament.

Regional coverage The centre supports 55 member states in the African region.

Member states include:

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

See also

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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