| Press Release SOC/NAR/830 |
ASSOCIATION OF WEST INDIES CRICKETERS HONOURED FOR EFFORTS
TO PROMOTE DRUG-FREE LIFESYLE
Award Commemorates Work of UN Pioneer, Serge P. Sotiroff
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release SOC/NAR/828 |
YOUTH PLAYERS SELECTED FOR ‘BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS’
Kraft Foods International and Milka Chocolate Team Up with United Nations
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release SOC/NAR/827 |
HAMID GHODSE OF IRAN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD
(Reissued as received.)
VIENNA, 21 May (UN Information Service) -- Prof. Hamid Ghodse, an international drug control expert from Iran and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of London, was re-elected as the President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) as it began its 71st session here today.
| Press Release SOC/NAR/826 |
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD TO FOCUS ON HIGH TECH
CHALLENGES TO DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release SOC/NAR/825 |
TAHOE TRADING TEAMS UP WITH UNDCP TO SUPPORT 'BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS' CAMP
FOR KIDS FROM FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
| Press Release SOC/NAR/823 |
'BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS': NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION STARS
TO CONDUCT CAMP FOR CHILDREN FROM FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
VIENNA, 26 March (UN Information Service) -- Nine National Basketball Association (NBA) players, led by veterans Vlade Divac of the Sacramento Kings and a native of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Toni Kukoc of the Atlanta Hawks and a native of Croatia, will conduct a basketball camp in Treviso, Italy, from
| Press Release SOC/NAR/822 |
Backgrounder
UN NARCOTICS COMMISSION TO REVIEW WORLD DRUG CONTROL ISSUES
Will Meet in Vienna from 20 to 29 March
(Reissued as received.)
VIENNA, 16 March (UN Information Service) -- Two years after United Nations Member States pledged to achieve substantial reductions in drug abuse and illicit cultivation, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs will conduct its first progress review when it meets here starting Tuesday.
| Press Release SOC/NAR/820 |
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21 February 2001
TREATING SOCIAL PROBLEMS WITH DRUGS BECOMING ACCEPTABLE, WARNS INTERNATIONAL
NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD IN ANNUAL REPORT
| Press Release SOC/NAR/819 |
UN DRUG REPORT SEES HOPE ON HORIZON
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VIENNA, 22 January (UN Information Service) -- The global drug problem -- often characterized as hopeless -- is neither unstoppable nor irreversible, according to the United Nations new World Drug Report.
