Drugs

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.

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.

24 March 1999

Press Release
SOC/NAR/796

NATIONS TO SET UP HIGH-TECH NETWORK IN MONITORING ILLICIT DRUG CROPS WORLDWIDE

19990324 (Reissued as received.)

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.

28 January 1999

Press Release
SOC/NAR/794

27 January 1999

Press Release
SOC/NAR/793

13 January 1999

Press Release
SOC/NAR/792

11 December 1998

Press Release
SOC/NAR/790

12 November 1998

Press Release
SOC/NAR/789

5 November 1998

Press Release
SOC/NAR/788

NEXT GLOBAL REPORT OF INCB TO FOCUS ON HISTORY AND FUTURE CHALLENGES OF DRUG CONTROL

19981105 Major Issues Include the World Wide Web and Prescription of Drugs