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Uruguay. 2010 ‘Collection and Disposal (Recolección y eliminación).’ National Report of Uruguay 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); A, 6-vi, p. 10. New York, NY: Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations. 20 January

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Recolección y eliminación

Facilite detalles de cualquier información sobre armas pequeñas y ligeras confiscadas o destruidas dentro de su jurisdicción que haya sido remitida a
las organizaciones regionales o internacionales correspondientes.

- Las destrucciones de armas se realizan en forma pública y se invita a diferentes autoridades naclonales y a todos los medios de comunicación nacionales e internacionales, televisivos, orales y escritos, a los efectos de brindar la más amplia difusión y cobertura. Independientemente de estos procedimientos, el país integra el Grupo de Trabajo de Armas de Fuego y Municiones del MERCOSUR y Estados Asociadas, brindando todo la información en este aspecto en el referido Grupo así como en los diferentes encuentros internacionales que sobre la materia participa.

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Collection and Disposal

Provide details of any information on confiscated or destroyed small arms and light weapons within their jurisdiction which has been submitted to the relevant international or regional organizations.

- The destruction of weapons is done publicly, with different national authorities invited, as well as all national and international media including television, spoken and written, in order to provide the widest distribution and coverage. Regardless of these procedures, the country is part of the Working Group on Firearms and Ammunition of MERCOSUR and the Associated States, providing all the information on this aspect in that group as well as in various international meetings on the subject.

[MERCOSUR = Southern Common Market]

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