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For the purposes of countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and enhancing the level of international and regional security, from November 2 to 3 the U.S. Government (through the U.S. Embassy in Armenia) organized a Counter Proliferation Financing workshop in Yerevan. 

On the first day of the workshop a comprehensive discussion was held on the relevant International requirements, best practices recent developments in the field and regulatory matters, as well as the  ways and methods for inhibiting proliferators’ access to the financial system with the participation of the members of the Working Group of the Republic of Armenia Interagency Committee on Combating Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, representatives from the Financial Monitoring Center and other state agencies,

On the second day the speakers met with the representatives of the financial sector, particularly with the bankers and the representatives of Financial Supervision Department of CBA. The speakers’  presented the features of the preventive measures pertinent to countering proliferation financing, the most tricky and sophisticated typologies, the legal nature and influence of the sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council and the Office of the Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury and etc.

The speakers of the workshops were representatives of the U.S. Government from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of State, the Department of Justice and the Department of Treasury. 

At the end of the workshop the participants were awarded with certificates.