Representatives of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina presented the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina with specialist 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.
The equipment was purchased as part of the Halting Arms and Lawbreaking Trade (HALT) project implemented by UNDP BiH.
Police officers of the BiH Border Police will now have at their disposal: 25 metal carts for goods inspection, 10 digital cameras, 8 sets for packing evidence, 11 sets for marking evidence and 23 sets of universal tools (multitool kits), with a total value of 41,000 KM, the Border Police of BiH announced on Friday.
This donation by UNDP BiH represents the continuation of support to the Border Police of BiH in terms of further strengthening its capacities, i.e. improving working conditions with the aim of more effectively fighting the illegal trade in small arms and light weapons (eng. SALW), given that UNDP is within of projects implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the previous period, including the Countering Illicit Arms Trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina (CIAT), has already donated specialist equipment worth around 238 000 KM (without VAT).
UNDP BiH has announced the continuation of support to the BiH Border Police within the HALT project and in the following period in the form of delivery of additional specialist equipment for the detection of illegal small arms and light weapons.
The HALT project has been implemented since February 2020 as a joint project of the United Nations Development Program in BiH and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with the intention of further improving security within and beyond the borders of the Western Balkans, and through targeted action aimed at improving the capacities of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the fight against the illegal trade in SALW.
The HALT project is financed by the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Republic of France, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Norway through the Multilateral Fund for the Western Balkans, with the support of the European Union, and within the Roadmap 2024 initiative for the control of small arms and light weapons in the Western Balkans.
