CIFTA definition
Examples of CIFTA in a sentence
In 1997, President ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ signed the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Relations Materials, commonly known by its Spanish-language acronym, CIFTA.
The absence of domestic legislation reflecting CIFTA obligations and mandating these activities compromises the continuation and sustainability of these practices.
Objective 1 - International expert in PSSM and SALW/Ammunition Destruction to develop draft of regional standards and assist the OAS team in its validation within the CIFTA framework.
In this role, the OAS-DPS has implemented projects and programs to support OAS Member States in fulfilling their obligations to ensure the security of national firearms stockpiles, to implement legislative measures to establish the illicit manufacturing and trafficking of firearms as criminal offenses under domestic law, to require firearms marking, and to exchange information with other CIFTA signatories concerning tracing information and patterns of illicit trafficking.
It is in this context that, since 2007, the Department of Public Security of the OAS (DPS/OAS) has provided support to the countries of the Americas to improve their capacity to comply with CIFTA obligations (4) and mandates established to prevent violence and crimes, especially amongst the most vulnerable populations.
The DPS/OAS has an advantageous position to support the countries of the Americas considering its double role as a Technical co-Secretariat of CIFTA, and as the technical and operational body of the OAS in this matter.
However, despite the valuable efforts of national authorities, the countries still cannot fully implement CIFTA.
Ratified by 31 of the 34 Organization of American States (OAS) Member States, CIFTA is a fundamental tool to address the illicit small arms trade in the region.
That commitment was translated into the signing of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA) in 1997, the first regional binding agreement of its kind.