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Drugs

SOC/NAR/818

NETHERLANDS TO CONTRIBUTE $4.3 MILLION FOR UN EFFORTS AGAINST DRUG ABUSE

24 July 2000


Press Release
SOC/NAR/818


NETHERLANDS TO CONTRIBUTE $4.3 MILLION FOR UN EFFORTS AGAINST DRUG ABUSE

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VIENNA, 24 July (UN Information Service) —- With an agreement signed here today the Government of the Netherlands has pledged 10 million Dutch Guilders ($4,318,000) to the Vienna-based United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP).

SOC/NAR/804

UNDCP SIGNS DRUG CONTROL AGREEMENT WITH IRAN, OPENS NEW COUNTRY OFFICE

25 June 1999


Press Release
SOC/NAR/804


UNDCP SIGNS DRUG CONTROL AGREEMENT WITH IRAN, OPENS NEW COUNTRY OFFICE

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VIENNA, 25 June (UN Information Service) -- A $13 million programme that should greatly increase Iran's ability to control illicit drugs will be officially launched by the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) in Tehran on 26 June, the International Day against Illicit Drug Abuse and Trafficking.

SOC/NAR/805

SOTIROFF AWARD PRESENTED TO NAVJYOTI DELHI POLICE FOUNDATION

25 June 1999


Press Release
SOC/NAR/805


SOTIROFF AWARD PRESENTED TO NAVJYOTI DELHI POLICE FOUNDATION

19990625

VIENNA, 25 June (UN Information Service) -- The Navjyoti Delhi Police Foundation has been chosen to receive the 1999 Serge Sotiroff Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to international drug control efforts. The Award consists of a $1,000 prize and a citation.