Manuel Martínez Miralles

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ABOUT MANUEL MARTÍNEZ MIRALLES

Researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)- Conventional Arms Programme, coordinating the conventional ammunition research portfolio and working on urban violence, weapons and ammunition management, illicit trafficking, and diversion prevention.Joined UNIDIR after five years working on peace and disarmament at the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament, and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC). Spearheaded more than 40 arms control initiatives in 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries, training more than 300 government officials. Part of the United Nations SaferGuard Quick-Response Mechanism for Ammunition Management and the pool of experts for the Arms Trade Treaty Outreach Project funded by the European Union.ENGAGEMENTS: • Presented at 2017 Stockholm Security Conference \"Secure Cities in an Insecure World\": Tackling Urban Armed Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean • Presented at 2018 EU-Nonproliferation and Disarmament Conference: Regulating the Arms Trade• Chaired at 2019 Paris Annual Seminar on Conventional Arms Trafficking: Short and Long-term Perspectives on the Destructive Effects of Arms Trafficking• Facilitated at 2019 Ghana Weapons and Ammunition Management Baseline Assessment• Presented at 2019 Wilton Park Conference on the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on AmmunitionRESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:Publications available at and on illicit trafficking, armed violence, and development in the Amazon triple frontier published in El País: https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/12/06/planeta_futuro/15••••••60_456215.htmlResearch on ammunition profiling and armed violence featured in El País: ¿De dónde salen las balas que matan en la región más peligrosa del planeta?https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/02/13/planeta_futuro/15••••••97_744266.htmlAREAS OF EXPERTISE• Conventional Arms Control (Export, Import, Transit, Trans-shipment, Brokering, Licensing, Register)• Arms Control Frameworks (Arms Trade Treaty, UN Programme of Action, Firearms Protocol)• Small Arms and Light Weapons• Weapons and Ammunition Management• Armed Violence Reduction• Stockpile Management & Weapons Destruction• Marking & Tracing of Weapons and Ammunition• Public Security & Public Policy FUNCTIONAL SKILLS• Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative• Project Management: Design, Planning, Budgeting, Implementation, Monitoring & EvaluationSeveral years of experience in International Organizations, Public, and Private Sector