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VIENNA, 1 November (UN Information Service) – The 2022 opium crop in Afghanistan is the most profitable in years with cultivation up by nearly one-third and prices soaring, even as the country is gripped by cascading humanitarian and economic crises, according to a new research brief from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime …
KABUL/VIENNA, 19 November 2018 (UN Information Service) – The total area under opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan remains at very high levels despite a decrease of 20 per cent compared to 2017. The potential production of opium decreased by 29 per cent in 2018 compared to last year, while farm-gate prices hit an all-time low, …
VIENNA, 12 November (UN Information Service) – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Afghanistan, Japan and the Russian Federation signed a declaration today, giving an overview of the past achievements and highlighting the new development of the Trilateral Cooperation between UNODC, Japan and Russia to support counter narcotics efforts of the Government …
VIENNA, 15 October (UN Information Service) – Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, opened the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime today, urging governments to strengthen cooperative action against shared challenges. The opening session was also addressed …
VIENNA, 15 May 2018 (UN Information Service) — Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and Liu Zhiqiang, Vice Minister of Justice of China, today signed a new joint plan of action to enhance strategic cooperation in areas of crime prevention and criminal justice. Mr. Fedotov welcomed the …
Montréal and London, 2 May 2018 – ICAO Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr. Yury Fedotov, took an important step today to bolster global efforts targeting international terrorism and transnational crime. The two leaders met in London to sign a new …
VIENNA/LONDON, 2 May 2018 (UN Information Service) — The Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, and the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Fang Liu, signed a memorandum of understanding today to enhance the security of international air transport systems to counter transnational organized criminal …
VIENNA, 28 March 2018 (UN Information Service) — Two United Nations agencies are joining forces to combat migrant smuggling. Today at the UN in Vienna, IOM, the United Nations Migration Agency, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized an event centring on a Joint Platform on Countering Migrant Smuggling. Opening the …
VIENNA/MEXICO CITY, 9 March 2018 (UN Information Service) — The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has launched “Chuka, Break the Silence” – www.chukagame.com – a creative, bespoke video game helping young girls develop ways to respond to psychological, physical and sexual violence. By playing as the character Chuka, a 13-year old female YouTuber …
VIENNA, 8 November 2017 (UN Information Service) — At a major United Nations anti-corruption conference being held this week, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) unveiled a new cartoon campaign to promote ethics and values teaching to primary school children. Based on an animated series, The Zorbs, the campaign tells of an imaginary …