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Drugs

SOC/NAR/763

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNDCP PAYS TRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ON TENTH INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING

24 June 1997


Press Release
SOC/NAR/763


EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNDCP PAYS TRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ON TENTH INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING

19970624 ADVANCE TEXT VIENNA, 26 June (UN Information Service) -- Following is the text of a message from Giorgio Giacomelli, Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) on the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (26 June):

SOC/NAR/755

UNITED NATIONS NARCOTICS COMMISSION SETS AGENDA FOR SPECIAL SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON DRUGS

2 April 1997


Press Release
SOC/NAR/755


UNITED NATIONS NARCOTICS COMMISSION SETS AGENDA FOR SPECIAL SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON DRUGS

19970402

VIENNA, 1 April (UN Information Service) -- Representatives of 108 governments have set a far-reaching agenda for an international meeting on the global drug problem, to take place in June 1998 as a special session of the General Assembly.

SOC/NAR/754

UNITED NATIONS DRUG COMMISSION WEIGHING MEASURES FOR STEMMING WORLDWIDE FLOOD OF 'ECSTASY' AND 'SPEED'

20 March 1997


Press Release
SOC/NAR/754


UNITED NATIONS DRUG COMMISSION WEIGHING MEASURES FOR STEMMING WORLDWIDE FLOOD OF 'ECSTASY' AND 'SPEED'

19970320 (Reproduced as received.)

VIENNA, 20 March (UN Information Service) -- One of the most challenging problems facing delegates to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which is meeting here through 27 March, is how to combat the alarming spread of abuse of amphetamine-type stimulants such as "ecstasy" and "speed".