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BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Following the Afghan drugs trail Earlier this year, Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, visited the country to assess the situation, touring north and western Afghanistan before meeting President Karzai and other leaders in Kabul. Both the British ambassador and Mr Costa emphasise the fact that the opium poppy is regarded as against Islam, and that it is officially illegal in Afghanistan. Mr Costa praises Ismail Khan's record, as heaps of water melon and fruit are served. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/3774003.stm   (1861 words)

UNODC - About Us Antonio Maria Costa is Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. He was the Secretary-General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and between 1969 and 1983 served as an economist in the UN Department of International Economics and Social Affairs. Costa also held office in various capacities at the Commission of the European Union between 1987 and 1992. www.unodc.org /unodc/en/good-governance_costa.html   (1202 words)

UNODC - Leadership Antonio Maria Costa (Italy) was appointed in May 2002 Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV). Costa was born on 16 June 1941 in Italy. Costa is married with three children, adopted from Italy, Colombia and Ethiopia. www.unodc.org /unodc/en/leadership.html   (259 words)

USATODAY.com - Military urged to hit Afghan drug traffic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Antonio Maria Costa, the executive director of the office, warned this week that several hundred million dollars in opium drug profits could be going to the Taliban and terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda. Costa said opium production has expanded because the government of President Hamid Karzai is too weak to crack down on trafficking. Costa, speaking from his office in Geneva, said it is important for coalition forces to target traffickers, as Hyde suggests. www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-02-11-afghan-drugs-usat_x.htm   (714 words)

UN Drug Chief Offers In-Depth Analysis of Afghan Opium and Heroin Production on Fourth Anniversary of September 11th ... Antonio Maria Costa (Italy) was appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in May, 2002. Costa is a strong advocate for the Rule of Law and the construction of effective judicial systems in developing countries, and is particularly interested in working with Member States ready to implement the UN Conventions against Transnational Crime and against Corruption. Costa is married to a U.S. citizen, and he and his wife are the proud parents of three adopted children, each born in a different region of the world. www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/9/prweb281371.htm   (1173 words)

U.N: Opium cultivation skyrockets - South and Central Asia - MSNBC.com Afghan Minister of Counter Narcotics Habibullah Qaderi, left, is watched by Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, at a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. Costa criticized the international effort and said foreign aid was “plagued by huge overhead costs” in its administration. Costa said Afghanistan’s insecurity is fueling the opium boom, saying he has pleaded with the NATO force that took over military operations in the south a month ago to take a “stronger role” in fighting drugs. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/14637693   (1050 words)

cannabisnews.com: Reefer is Worth Getting Mad About Antonio Maria Costa is executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. But if someone like Antonio Maria Costa were to read what SGD wrote he wouldn't think it was a criticism or a joke at all, and nobody deserves to be put in fear of being murdered by anyone here. Costa might visit some jails in Morocco, or Ghana, and try to stomach the kind of grisly humiliation and murder that he's encouraging. cannabisnews.com /news/22/thread22045.shtml   (10231 words)

AEGiS-AFP News: Afghanistan-drugs-UN: UN anti-drugs chief visits leading drugs producer Afghanistan - August 24, 2003 KABUL, Aug 24 (AFP) - United Nations anti-drugs chief Antonio Maria Costa is visiting Afghanistan to discuss measures to control narcotics production in the country, which has regained its position as the world's leading producer of illicit drugs, a UN spokesman said on Sunday. Costa, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), was due in Kabul later Sunday for a week-long visit to meet with Afghan officials and visit opium producing areas, Manoel de Almeida e Silva told reporters. He was due to meet with President Hamid Karzai and visit the main eastern drug-producing province of Nangarhar and the northeastern opium centre of Badakhshan, where he would discuss drug control issues with provincial governors and officials. www.aegis.com /news/afp/2003/AF030881.html   (582 words)

portland imc - 2005.12.29 - Architect of Death: UNODC's Antonio Maria Costa UNODC's Antonio Maria Costa cooked up an opium eradication for Laos that is leaving many of the Akha dead. Costa, 'It now seems likely that the country will reach the goal its Government set for itself four years ago: freedom from opium by the end of 2005.' Costa to spend a few nights in one of these villages. portland.indymedia.org /en/2005/12/331032.shtml   (1270 words)

IRAN: Interview with Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention TEHRAN, 5 Dec 2003 (IRIN) - During a visit to the desolate border area with Afghanistan and Pakistan, senior Iranian officials told Antonio Maria Costa, the director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, of the battle the Iranians were facing against drug trafficking. As Costa viewed the rugged, porous mountain passes, Iranian commanders warned him that this was not a war they could fight on their own, and increasingly sophisticated equipment was needed to keep up with the smugglers. In an interview with IRIN, Costa stressed that stability in neighbouring countries was needed in order for the endless flow of drugs through Iran to be stopped. www.payvand.com /news/03/dec/1034.html   (1266 words)

USATODAY.com - U.N. treaty to fight corruption begins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Costa said he had recently visited Nigeria and concluded that "of the several billions of dollars stolen over just a few years, especially by former President (Gen. Sani) Abacha, only a fraction can be found." He conceded the United Nations could not act as an enforcer of the treaty, which instead provides countries with the means to pursue criminals. Costa said it would be up to individual nations to decide whether to go after high-level criminals. usatoday.com /news/world/2005-09-15-un-treaty-corruption_x.htm?csp=34   (547 words)

CBC News: UN says Afghan drug trade 'out of control' Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, says opium production is doing well in the chaos of Afghanistan. In fact, the country is producing more opium — the raw material of heroin — than is currently used by all of the world's addicts, Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said in a statement on Saturday. Costa said only six of Afghanistan's 34 provinces are now opium-free and the south displays the hallmarks of collapse, with large-scale drug cultivation and trafficking, insurgency and terrorism, crime and corruption. www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2006/09/02/afghan-opium060902.html   (1385 words)

ODCCP Unveils New Anti-Narcotics Measures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) U.N. Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa met with international donors in Geneva yesterday to discuss its plans to stem opium production in Afghanistan. Costa added, however, that the Afghans themselves would need to take the lead in drug interdiction. Costa said his agency was undertaking similar initiatives in Iran, Pakistan and several Central Asian states. www.unwire.org /UNWire/20020712/27629_story.asp   (191 words)

Letters - Salon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) First, the author mistakenly identifies me as "Italian diplomat Antonio Maria Costa," when my actual title is executive director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. However, there are times when facts take precedence over tact, and certainly, the opinions I expressed to Salon about the need for accountability within the aid community in Afghanistan, and the threat posed by a narco-economy in that country, are plain enough. Yes, a much greater percentage of assistance funds should be filtering down to the farmers who need it for alternative development. dir.salon.com /story/news/letters/2005/09/27/costa/print.html   (612 words)

Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community Antonio Maria Costa Has Got to be Out of His Mind UN Office on Drugs and Crime Director Antonio Maria Costa noted the successes of international drug control in limiting deaths associated with illicit drugs. Antonio Maria Costa Has Got to be Out of His Mind www.boomantribune.com /story/2006/3/16/224940/706   (672 words)

Politics and Policy | U.S., U.N. Drug Policy Heads Disagree on Needle Exchange for HIV/AIDS Prevention - ... Costa said UNODC views needle exchanges, in which injection drug users can turn in used needles and obtain clean ones, as "appropriate as long as they are part of a comprehensive strategy to battle the overall drug problem," the He said that contaminated needles are a "major source" of infection with HIV and other diseases, including hepatitis, especially among injection drug users, according to However, Walters added that the "points of agreement" between himself and Costa in the fight against illegal drug use "far outweighed the differences," according to www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=28511   (323 words)

U.N. Sticks To Anti-Drug Program - CBS News In earlier remarks to participants, Costa said the abuse of synthetic drugs, such as amphetamines, are "evolving into public enemy No. 1." Another cause for concern was the abuse of injection drugs in former Soviet countries, which sparked a dangerous spread of the HIV virus, Costa said. But Costa dismissed those concerns, insisting that the U.N. approach is effective and flexible enough. www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/04/17/world/main549852.shtml   (602 words)

International Campaign Needed to Solve Drug Problem in Afghanistan TEHRAN, August 27 (Mehr News Agency) – The director general of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on August 24. Costa was in Kabul for a week-long visit to meet with Afghan officials and visit opium-producing areas in Afghanistan. Nangarhar and the northeastern opium center of Badakhshan are the main drug-producing provinces in the country. www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=20257   (387 words)

United Nations Drug Czar Calls for the Removal of Afghan Officials Involved in Deadly Heroin Trade On the fourth anniversary of the 911 attacks on New York and Washington, Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, discloses details of 2005 Afghan Opium survey, and discusses role provincial leaders play in curbing or failing to curb poppy cultivation. The UN Drug Chief also comments on regional shifts in cultivation, and correlations between Afghan drug revenues and the funding of insurgencies and terrorist organizations. Costa, adding that, "from Europe's point of view, what counts, of course, are tons of production, not hectares of cultivation, because Europe is where the bulk of Afghan heroin is consumed. www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/9/emw283288.htm   (1223 words)

United Nations - OCHA IRIN | Web Special | Bitter-Sweet Harvest: Afghanistans New War nterview with Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the Vienna-based UN Office on Drugs and Crime As the impact of the illicit and fast-expanding opium economy is felt in Afghanistan and the neighbouring region, Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the Vienna-based UN Office on Drugs and Crime explained to IRIN the severity of the problem. Costa highlighted many of the threats posed by the opium economy and emphasised that despite any short-term benefits for individual farmers, opium is a curse and "the flower of death". www.irinnews.org /webspecials/opium/intUNODC.asp   (1271 words)

NewsFromRussia.Com Baltic countries' drug abuse on rise The Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are no longer importers, but exporters of amphetamines and drug abuse in the region is on the rise, the U.N.'s drugs and crime chief said Wednesday. Antonio Maria Costa, the executive director of the U.N.'s Office on Drugs and Crime, said escalating drug abuse in the region is leading to a rise in organized crime, HIV/AIDS, human trafficking and corruption. Costa, speaking at a Lithuanian government-sponsored forum on drug abuse and control in the Baltic region, praised the Baltic governments for their efforts to combat drug abuse but said more must be done. newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/09/28/63962.html   (1803 words)

IEA - Events JHA: Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of UN Office of Drugs & Crime | Maria Costa, Antonio, Africa, ... JHA: Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of UN Office of Drugs & Crime Dr Antonio Maria Costa, Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, spoke about Crime and Development in Africa and on the complimentarily of the activities of the EU and the UN in the fight against corruption. Dr Costa has held various distinguished positions including: Under-Secretary-General at the OECD, Member of IMF/World Bank Interim Committee, Member of the G-10 Group for the coordination of economic policy, Director-General for Economics and Finance at the EU Commission, and as Secretary-General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. www.iiea.com /eventsx.php?event_id=119   (272 words)

UN: Web: Office on Drugs and Crime Addresses the Swedes on Marijuana ANTONIO MARIA COSTA, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UN OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME ADDRESSES THE SWEDES ON MARIJUANA So that DRCNet readers may see what drug reformers are up against at the United Nations next month in Vienna, the Week Online here provides excerpts from a speech given by UN Office on Drugs and Crime head Antonio Maria Costa on March 7 at the International Cannabis Symposium in Stockholm. Acosta praises the Swedes, who have one of the harshest drug policies in Europe: "Your invitation offers me the opportunity to commend the Government of Sweden for its long-term commitment to the prevention of drug addiction and its generous support to multilateral action to reduce illicit drug production, trafficking and abuse, worldwide. www.mapinc.org /ctcnews/v03/n411/a08.html   (904 words)

Pravda.RU Colombian drug dealers set up cocaine supply bases in Balkans Colombian drug clans set up bases in the Balkans to penetrate into Eastern Europe, Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office Office for Drug. According to Antonio Maria Costa, formerly Colombian cocaine was coming to Europe via Spain. Colombian drug clans set up bases in the Balkans to penetrate into Eastern Europe, Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office Office for Drug More details... newsfromrussia.com /accidents/2004/06/19/54452.html   (1365 words)

Washington Transcript Service: ANTONIO MARIA COSTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF DRUGS AND CRIME ANTONIO ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Washington Transcript Service: ANTONIO MARIA COSTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF DRUGS AND CRIME ANTONIO MARIA COSTA HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ON THE U.N. 2005 "WORLD DRUG REPORT"@ HighBeam Research Save this query to My Saved Searches ANTONIO MARIA COSTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF DRUGS AND CRIME ANTONIO MARIA COSTA HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ON THE U.N. From: Washington Transcript Service highbeam.com /doc/1P1:125698530/ANTONIO+MARIA+COSTA+EXECUTIVE+...   (165 words)

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NPR : Two Perspectives on the War on Drugs NPR : Two Perspectives on the War on Drugs All Things Considered, February 21, 2004 · NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to two people with distinct views on the war on drugs: Antonio Maria Costa, of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, has just released a new survey on opium production in Afghanistan. And Jo Rosano is the mother of a civilian contractor named Marc Gonsalves who was kidnapped by Colombian guerrilla fighters after his surveillance plane crashed in Colombia last year. www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1691347   (153 words)

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