UNODC gets 20 million euros from the Netherlands...
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to address HIV AIDS among injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, Russia.
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UNODC Proposes Pact to Stop Smuggling of Migrants from Africa
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The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, urged participants of the Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development taking place in Rabat to create a Pact to combat the smuggling
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UN drugs chief sounds warning about Afghan opium production, cocaine consumption in Europe
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Cocaine consumption in western Europe is reaching alarming levels while opium production in Afghanistan could rise again this year despite a welcome decline in 2005,
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UNODC launches manual of best practices to counter kidnapping
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime today launched a Counter-Kidnapping Manual to help Member States in dealing with kidnapping.
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International exhibition of prisoners paintings to be staged in Vienna International Centre
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To mark the 15 th session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice next week, over 120 paintings from prisoners around the world will be exhibited in the rotunda of the Vienna International Centre.
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Head of United Nations in Vienna reappointed for four-year term
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Antonio Maria Costa has been re-appointed for a second four-year term as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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UN drugs agency urges Kenya to destroy seized cocaine
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The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, urged the Kenyan government on Tuesday to destroy a record consignment of more than a tonne of cocaine which was seized in December 2004.
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United Nations drugs agency calls for international support for former opium farmers in Laos
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The head of the United Nations drugs agency called on Tuesday for sustained international support for former opium farmers in Laos to ensure that poverty does not force them to re-start cultivation of the drug.
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United Nations Counter-Narcotics Chief Visits Kabul to Discuss Trends and Policies for 2006
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During a mission to Afghanistan, from 19 to 21 January 2006, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
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UNODC Collaborates with United States and other Governments to Examine Methamphetamine Threat
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Officials of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Member States from the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe participated in a digital video conference addressing the global threat posed by methamphetamines and the precursor...
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