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	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a United Nations agency which was founded in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention with the intent to fight drugs and crime on an international level.
		About Us, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
		The long-term aims of the body are to better equip governments to handle drug and crime related issues, maximise knowledge on the issues among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of states, and also to maximise awareness amongst the general population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UN_Office_on_Drugs_and_Crime (297 words)

	UNODC - Terrorism
		Subsequently, the United Nations and regional inter-governmental organizations have dealt with terrorism from a legal and political perspective.
		The United Nations has an indispensable role to play in providing the legal and organizational framework within which the international campaign against terrorism can unfold".
		UNODC is cosponsor of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS
	www.unodc.org /unodc/terrorism.html (1265 words)

	DrugsThailand.doc
		Drugs and Children Children have an irrepressible curiosity, an undeveloped ability to cope with the world’s problems, and a strong need to be loved and to belong.
		Drug abuse is best treated by a mixture of programs, all of which include follow-up with continuing outpatient therapy, medications as needed, and monitoring the addict with the goal of reinforcing and maintaining the full benefits of the treatment.
		Drug use within Thailand was well known, but either limited to less dangerous drugs such as marijuana or kratom, or limited in scope in the case of heroin and opium.
	pioneer.netserv.chula.ac.th /~ldaniel/pdfs/DrugsThailand.doc (21971 words)

	APAN Maritime Counter Drugs
		First released in 1999, this report is now prepared annually by the Research Section of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP), which is part of the Vienna-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
		National Drug Intelligence Center, Maritime smuggling is most prevalent in the Washington State-British Columbia area, where traffickers smuggle drugs by hiding shipments on vessels and carrying drugs as passengers on the regional ferry systems.
		The Crime Suppression Division mission is to support and balance the action taking by local police units wherever and whenever crimes take place.
	www.apan-info.net /maritime/key_drugs_view.asp (766 words)

	Testimony of Sandro Calvani, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Representative in Colombia, Hearing of the House International Relations Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, November 18, 2004
		UNODC and EU devote equal attention to support the Colombian criminal justice system and its transition to the adversarial system, as complementary areas to the fight against drugs and crime.
		Beyond the United Nations, such principles have been recently reiterated by the G8 group of most industrialised countries, the Organization of American States and by the European Union and its Member States.
		UNODC advocates and offers its support in order to continue to build better consistency and more transparency of foreign aid in partnership with the Colombian Government, the United States and the European Union to fight and overcome the various expressions of narco-terrorism in Colombia.
	www.ciponline.org /colombia/041118calv.htm (1864 words)

	2005 Afghan Opium Production Figures Announced by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime National Press Club Washington, DC September 12, 10 AM.
		United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna
		The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is the custodian of the UN Convention against Transnational Crime and its protocols against trafficking in women and girls, human trafficking for the purposes of forced labor, and the illegal manufacture and trafficking of small arms.
		Antonio Maria Costa is both the General Director of the United Nations, Vienna, and the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/8/emw275759.htm (797 words)

	United Nations - OCHA IRIN Web Special Bitter-Sweet Harvest: Afghanistans New War
		UN Office on Drugs and Crimes, Strategic Study #1, June (1998): “An Analysis of the Process of Expansion of Opium Cultivation to New Districts in Afghanistan”.
		UN Office on Drugs and Crime produces research reports, which includes World Drug Report, an annual statistical report called the Global Illicit Drug Trends, a Bulletin on Narcotics and Studies on Drugs and Crime monographs.
		Drug Policy Alliance is the leading organization working to broaden the public debate on drug policy and to promote realistic alternatives to the war on drugs based on science, compassion, health and human rights.
	www.irinnews.org /webspecials/Opium/weblinks.asp (1436 words)

	Publications - ONDCP
		Citizen Action for Neighborhood Safety, Executive Office of Weed and Seed, August 1997.
		A report on violent crimes experienced by American Indians and their involvement in the criminal justice system, including alcohol or drug use.
		ADSS is a national study to collect representative data on the characteristics of substance abuse treatment facilities, clients in treatment, post-treatment client status, and financing of care in the specialty substance abuse treatment sector.
	www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov /publications/a_c.html (5392 words)

	International Co-ordination: Exchange of letters between the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
		On January 18, 2005 the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime signed in Brussels an exchange of letters to signal their willingness to strengthen their coordination, cooperation and partnership.
		International Co-ordination: Exchange of letters between the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
		Exchange of letters between the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
	europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/drugs/unodc (362 words)

	United Nations Office at Vienna
		UNOV is closely associated with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through which additional common services are provided, namely information technology and communications services, human resources management services and financial resources management services.
		Antonio Maria Costa (Italy), who also serves as the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
		The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), established on 1 January 1980, serves as the representative office of the Secretary-General in Vienna and performs representation and liaison functions with permanent missions, the host Government as well as Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in Vienna.
	www.unvienna.org /unov (174 words)

	U.N. reports Afghan opium production is up again - Wikinews
		United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Nov. 2004
		Afghanistan is the #1 producer of opium in the world - responsible for 87% of all illicit opium production - according to reports from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and its opium production has accelerated since the coalition invasion in 2001.
		And if it's a threat to the government of Afghanistan, it's a direct threat to the national security interests of the United States."
	en.wikinews.org /wiki/U.N._reports_Afghan_opium_production_is_up_again (372 words)

	Drug Control and Crime Prevention resources in the United Nations system
		The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UN ODC) consists of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme and the United Nations Centre for International
		Crime Prevention, and was established to enable the United Nations to focus and enhance its capacity to address the interrelated issues of drug control, crime prevention and international
		Drug Control and Crime Prevention resources in the United Nations system
	www.un.org /issues/m-crime.asp (174 words)

	Mehru Jaffer : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime , Writer -- IndoIndians.com
		It is estimated by the Vienna based headquarters of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) that the number of drug abusers around the globe is shot up to 185 million.
		Mehru Jaffer : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Writer -- IndoIndians.com
		Economic activity has crossed national borders creating an environment in which people have benefitted materially but also suffer due to the free flow of crime and drugs marching unattacked across the same border.
	www.indoindians.com /writer/unodc.htm (599 words)

	UN Chronicle: 'II buon governo' - A Commitment to Good Governance - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
		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.
		The Office has been actively involved in strengthening crossborder cooperation between Afghanistan and neighbouring countries and in enhancing their capacity to interdict illegal drug trafficking.
		They stressed the role of the UN Office in Vienna in assisting Governments to ratify and implement the relevant international conventions and improve their national capacities to address the threat of terrorism.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1309/is_4_39/ai_96951816 (1304 words)

	e-Ariana - Todays Afghan News
		Antonio Maria Costa (Italy) was appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in May, 2002.
		Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, will offer participants a detailed presentation on Afghan Opium Production in 2005 and distribute charts, statistical tables, maps, and other information at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on September 12 at 10 AM.
		In his present role as Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Costa travels regularly to Colombia, Afghanistan, the Golden Triangle and other major drug-producing regions to meet with national and local leaders, and to discuss counter-drug strategies and alternatives to drug production.
	www.e-ariana.com /ariana/eariana.nsf/63e0bdfbc90b9ca987256be00056a108/ee4f20367daeee59872570760054c062?OpenDocument (1163 words)

	WCTS
		The major goal of the United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems is to collect data on the incidence of reported crime and the operations of criminal justice systems with a view to improving the analysis and dissemination of that information globally.
		The Economic and Social Council, in its resolution 1984/48 of 25 May 1984, requested the Secretary-General to maintain and develop the United Nations crime-related database by continuing to conduct the surveys of crime trends and operations of criminal justice systems.
		Firstly, information is used by the United Nations in determining crime trends and problem areas for intervention in the form of technical cooperation.
	www.uncjin.org /Statistics/WCTS/wcts.html (382 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: Over 200 Members of Parliament from 27 Countries Call for Reform of United Nations Conventions On Drugs
		While talking heads in the U.S. debate the relevance of the United Nations, the International Antiprohibitionist League is working diligently with European Members of Parliament to reform United Nations conventions that bind countries to global drug prohibition.
		Its major strategy is to spread the uncomfortable truth around the world that drug prohibition causes immense harm and precious little good, despite the sincere belief by millions of well-meaning people that the criminal drug treaties and national laws constitute the major protection against drugs for the people of the world.
		Under prohibition, drugs are controlled by the law of the jungle in which some of the worst criminals on the face of the earth rule supreme.
	www.drugpolicy.org /news/03_20_03europe.cfm (496 words)

	a02.html
		Correspondence seen by The Observer shows that on 10 November 2004, Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held a meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Charles to discuss the Bush administration's concerns about the direction the UN was taking.
		Drug experts believe that if the UN shelved its so-called 'harm reduction' strategy in favour of an outright war on drugs, it could contribute to a rise in the rate of infection with HIV/Aids through shared needles and unsafe sex, as well as increasing the number of addicts.
		The Bush administration opposes any programme that appears to condone the continued use of drugs, and wants the UN to seek abstention by users, combined with an end to narcotics production.
	www.mapinc.org /newstcl/v05/n212/a02.html (284 words)

	PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME
		Vincent McClean, New York representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, announced the launch of the year-long “Drugs: Treatment Works” campaign at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, highlighting the findings of the recently published United Nations World Drug Report 2004.
		. The Office on Drugs and Crime was working with them at the policy level.
		, which did a lot of research and reporting on its own, he said that United Nations-generated reports were desirable because those produced by countries often raised allegations of bias. United Nations reporting was generally regarded as neutral and accepted by the international community.
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/2004/McClean_Briefing_062804.doc.htm (342 words)

	Model Laws
		Please note: This model law has been developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for use in countries whose fundamental legal systems are substantially based on the common law tradition.
		UNODC has an expert team available to help requesting States become party to and give effect to the United Nations' drug control conventions.
		The object of this bill is to provide for the confiscation of the proceeds of crime and property for the financing of terrorist acts and to prevent the use of the financial system to launder the proceeds of serious crime or to finance terrorism.
	www.imolin.org /imolin/poctf03.html (5545 words)

	www.un.org.lb
		The project will be executed by the Ministry of Justice in collaboration of the Ministry of Interior, with the technical assistance of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
		In line with the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, UNODC, through its Lebanon office, will assist the Lebanese Government in enhancing its responses to counteract trafficking in persons as a phenomenon of crime.
		Under the patronage of the Lebanese Minister of Education and with the participation of the UNESCO offices in Beirut, Cairo, Doha and Rabat, Mr.
	www.un.org.lb (790 words)

	Department of State Washington File: Text: U.S., U.N. Launch Human Trafficking Prevention Media Campaign
		The two new video spots were produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and funded by the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
		The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime is working in individual countries to create partnerships with local non-governmental organizations.
		The Department of State Trafficking in Persons Office will join the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime to launch two new public service announcements to encourage victims and the general public to take action against human trafficking.
	usinfo.org /wf-archive/2003/030731/epf417.htm (569 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » United Nations, Afghanistan launch drugs interdiction unit
		Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
		ReliefWeb » Document Preview » United Nations, Afghanistan launch drugs interdiction unit
		In a meeting late Sunday in Kabul, Hamid Karzai, President of the Afghanistan Transitional Authority, reiterated his Government’s commitment to enforcing the drug control measures, including the eradication of opium poppy fields and the destruction of illicit drugs-processing laboratories.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/41852b027f0bf81885256d8d00674fe6 (509 words)

	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to Open Office in Beijing
		United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to Open Office in Beijing
		The UNODC Office in Beijing will also target the fast expanding trafficking and consumption of amphetamines, control of precursor chemicals, illicit manufacture and trafficking in drugs, as well as drug prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
		Both officials agreed that a balanced approach, focusing on both prevention and control, is critical in the campaign to eliminate drugs and crime.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2005/unisnar920.html (479 words)

	United Nations and International Statistics Programmes
		United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the (UNHCR)
		United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
		Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
	unstats.un.org /unsd/methods/inter-natlinks/sd_intstat.htm (79 words)

	Myanmar Opium Survey 2004
		Last year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported a 24% decrease in opium cultivation in Myanmar.
		Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
		United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
	www.runiceurope.org /englishevents/myanmar_costa.html (142 words)

	EU@UN - Signature of agreement between the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the EC
		The European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will today sign their first agreement setting out ways in which the two parties can work more closely together to tackle the problems of illicit drugs and organised crime which constitute a major threat to societies.
		January 18, 2005: Signature of agreement between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the European Commission (Brussels)
		The agreement will be signed by Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini, and Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
	europa-eu-un.org /articles/it/article_4239_it.htm (301 words)

	20e.htm
		It was represented by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Research Institute at the annual meeting of the Subcommittee on Drug Control of the Administrative Committee on Coordination, held at Geneva, from 31 July to 2 August 1995.
		UNDCP contributed information based on experience with the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, [Note 1: Official Records of the United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Vienna, 25 November-20 December 1988, vol.
		The further strengthening of the United Nations crime and justice information network is therefore a matter of great importance.
	www.uncjin.org /Documents/5comm/20e.htm (301 words)

	United Nations Drug Control Programme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP) are part of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which was formerly called the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP).
		Its team of experts helps requesting states to become party to and give effect to the United Nations drug control conventions.
		The framework of the UNDCP coordination mechanism is being increasingly used in the formulation of joint strategies for UNDCP and donors and in the design and execution of technical cooperation projects and programmes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Nations_Drug_Control_Programme (301 words)

	WAGGGS - The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
		The UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention is a world leader in the fight against illicit drugs and drug trafficking.
		The Office promotes and protects the civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights of all people by giving practical effect to the will and resolve of the world community as expressed by the United Nations.
		The mission of the UN Drug Control Programme is to work with the nations and the people of the world to tackle the global drug problem and its consequences.
	www.wagggsworld.org /about/unwork/wagggs_and_the_un.html (301 words)

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