Member States using existing instruments and frameworks and the establishment of new legal instruments. 4.13 Harmonisation and standardisation of legislation is critical for the reduction of criminality. It is also an important contributor to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy by providing a coherent and consistent environment in the Community. The Community must continuously strive to ensure that national borders, differing legislation and standard operation procedures do not impede progress in preventing cross-border crime; CARICOM Airpace and security Cooperation Agreement The objective of the agreement is to promote cooperation among the State Parties to enable them to conduct such law enforcement operations as may be necessary to address more effectively their own security as well as the security of the Region. CARICOM ARREST WARRANT TRATY The objective of the Treaty is to establish within CARICOM a system of arrest and surrender of requested persons for the purposes of: Conducting a criminal prosecution for an applicable offence; or Executing a custodial sentence where the requested persons have fled from justice after being sentence for an applicable offence. Strategic Lines of Action Member States are urged to ratify the CARICOM Arrest Warrant Treaty, CARICOM Maritime Airspace and Security Cooperation Agreement and other regional legislations; i. ii. CARICOM will promote harmonisation and standardisation of regional legislations; iii. The Community is committed to arms control initiatives, which reduces the illegal trade and proliferation of guns and ammunition. Although national laws and procedures may remain the foremost tools for small arms control, common standards through harmonisation of legislation and minimum regulatory frameworks are necessary across the Region. Promoting legal uniformity and minimum standards to govern the manufacture, possession, import, export, transfer, transit, transport and control of guns and ammunitions while supporting and institutionalising legal guns best practices will help prevent the diversion of weapons; iv. CARICOM strongly supports a global Arms Trade Treaty on conventional weapons but notes that the Treaty’s scope ought to include small arms and light weapons (SALW) and related ammunition in order to have any meaningful impact on the Region’s problems with illegal guns. The establishment of a new international consensus around the trade of arms is essential in order to tackle the issue of the global arms trade and the diversion of legal arms to the illegal market; v. Current public disorder legislation will be reviewed in CARICOM Member States and recommendations will be made for improved and harmonized legislation; vi. Mobile technologies are essential tools used to organise riots. Member States may consider implementing legislation to allow for temporary network shutdown in the events of civil unrest; 36