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Drugs

SOC/NAR/801

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD TO REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION OF DRUG CONTROL TREATIES, 10 TO 21 MAY

19 May 1999


Press Release
SOC/NAR/801


INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD TO REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION OF DRUG CONTROL TREATIES, 10 TO 21 MAY

19990519

VIENNA, 7 May (UN Information Service) -- Steps governments have taken to implement international drug control treaties over the past six months will be the main focus of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) at its upcoming session, which begins here on Monday, 10 May.

SOC/NAR/799

EUROPEAN NATIONS TO JOIN FORCES IN FIGHTING DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AT WORK

5 May 1999


Press Release
SOC/NAR/799


EUROPEAN NATIONS TO JOIN FORCES IN FIGHTING DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AT WORK

19990505 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 5 May (UN Information Service) -- A cooperative strategy to prevent drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace will be the major focus of a conference from 9 to 12 May in Sundsvall, Sweden, which will be attended by about 200 representatives of business, government and labour from across Europe.

SOC/NAR/798

TAJIK PRESIDENT OPENS CRIME COMMISSION, SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR NEW DRUG CONTROL AGENCY

27 April 1999


Press Release
SOC/NAR/798


TAJIK PRESIDENT OPENS CRIME COMMISSION, SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR NEW DRUG CONTROL AGENCY

19990427

VIENNA, 27 April (UN Information Service) -- Tajik President Emomali Rakhmanov signed an agreement today with the Executive Director of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP), Pino Arlacchi, to set up a new drug control agency in Tajikistan, which should greatly boost its fight against illicit drugs.

SOC/NAR/797

NARCOTICS COMMISSION BOOSTS EFFORTS TO MEET DRUG CONTROL TARGETS AT ANNUAL MEETING IN VIENNA

26 March 1999


Press Release
SOC/NAR/797


NARCOTICS COMMISSION BOOSTS EFFORTS TO MEET DRUG CONTROL TARGETS AT ANNUAL MEETING IN VIENNA

19990326 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 25 March (UN Information Service) -- Agreeing that nations had taken major steps to meet drug control targets set at the General Assembly special session last June, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs renewed pledges made at that milestone event as it ended its 10-day session today in Vienna.

SOC/NAR/795

COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS TO MEET IN VIENNA, 16 - 25 MARCH

11 March 1999


Press Release
SOC/NAR/795


COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS TO MEET IN VIENNA, 16 - 25 MARCH

19990311 Background Release

VIENNA, 11 March (UN Information Service) -- Reviewing steps taken by nations to meet drug control targets set at the General Assembly special session in New York last June will be the major focus of the annual meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs -- the United Nations' main policy-making body for drug control -- from 16 to 25 March in Vienna.