Representatives of the UN Development Program /UNDP/ in Bosnia and Herzegovina handed over equipment worth more than 375,000 BAM to the Border Police of BiH today.
Equipment for the detection of illegal small arms and light weapons, as well as other equipment needed for the daily work of the Border Police in the value of about 138,000 BAM, was handed over as part of the Project for the Prevention of Illegal Trade and Traffic in Arms in Bosnia and Herzegovina “Halt”.
As part of the project to fight against illegal arms trade /CIAT/, equipment worth more than 238,000 BAM was donated to the Border Police of BiH, the Border Police of BiH announced.
The director of the BiH Border Police, Mirko Kuprešaković, thanked the head of the justice and security sector of the UNDP Edin Serezlić and the project manager for small and light weapons Senad Zlatar for the extremely valuable donation, as well as for the long-term support through various projects and educations.
Members of the Border Police, for even more successful work in the field, including the effective fight against the illegal trade in small arms and light weapons, now have additional equipment at their disposal – devices for measuring the density of materials, metal carts for inspecting goods, digital cameras, sets for packaging evidence, sets of numbers for marking evidence, sets of universal tools.
This UNDP donation represents the continuation of support to the BiH Border Police in terms of further strengthening its capacities, i.e. improving working conditions with the aim of a more effective fight against the illegal trade in small arms and light weapons.
The announcement states that this is also the final activity within the “Halt” project, which has been implemented since February 2020 as a joint project of UNDP and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime /UNODK/ with the intention of further improving security within and outside the borders of the Balkans, and through targeted action aimed at improving BiH’s capacity in the fight against illegal arms trafficking.
The “Halt” project was financed by Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and Norway through the Multilateral Fund for the Balkans, with the support of the EU, and as part of the Roadmap 2024 initiative for the control of small arms and light weapons in the Balkans.
Project activities were carried out in cooperation with the Border Police of BiH, as one of the beneficiaries of this project, while other institutions in BiH were also involved in a certain number of activities within the project.
