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Honduras. 2004 ‘Implementation of the Programme of Action.’ National Report of Honduras on its Implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UNPoA), pp. 3, 9. New York, NY: Permanent Mission of Honduras to the United Nations. 28 April
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Implementation of the Programme of Action
In April 2002 the National Arms Register was created under the Act on the Control of Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials. It is the responsibility of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Security to manage the Register, through which the possession and transfer of small arms and light weapons is controlled at the national level …
The Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Defence exercise control and keep special registers of all weapons assigned by the State of Honduras to its agents …
The ability to identify and trace small arms and light weapons is currently being strengthened through comprehensive programmes at the national and regional levels that include preventive and operational measures to combat the spread of illicit weapons in Central America.