Drugs

18 April 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/727

COMMISSION DISCUSSES STRENGTHENING GLOBAL COOPERATION TO FIGHT ILLICIT DRUGS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

19960418 Seventeen Speakers Address Government Measures To Implement Global Programme of Action, Assembly

(Reproduced as received from UN Information Service.)

18 April 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/728

COMMISSION HEARS CALLS FOR COORDINATED INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT DRUG ABUSE

19960418 Eighteen Speakers Take Part in General Debate; President of European Olympic Committee Addresses Commission

(Reproduced as received from UN Information Service.)

18 April 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/726

SPEAKERS IN COMMISSION VOICE CONCERN AT RISING DRUG PROBLEMS DESPITE PRIORITY GIVEN TO COMBATING SCOURGE

19960418 Delegates Debate Government Response in Implementing Global Action Plan

(Reproduced as received from UN Information Service.)

16 April 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/723

1996 SOTIROFF AWARD PRESENTED TO FORMER INCB PRESIDENT BETTY GOUGH

19960416

VIENNA, 16 April -- Betty Gough, a former President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), has been chosen to receive the Serge Sotiroff Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to international drug control efforts. A certificate and medallion will be presented to Ms. Gough at a ceremony in Vienna later this year.

16 April 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/725

COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS BEGINS SESSION IN VIENNA

19960416 (Reproduced as received from the UN Information Service.)

VIENNA, 16 April -- "We must take action against every form of drug abuse and illicit drug traffic", the Chairman of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Helmut Butke (Germany), urged as the Commission began its thirty-ninth session in Vienna.

16 April 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/722

COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS TO HOLD THIRTY-NINTH SESSION IN VIENNA, 16-25 APRIL

19960416 Background Release Issues Include How to Reduce Narcotic Crops and Demand for Drugs, Combat Spread of Amphetamine-type Stimulants, Strengthen Current Strategy

(Reproduced as received from the UN Information Service.)

23 February 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/721/

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD RELEASES 1995 REPORT UPDATING ILLICIT DRUG SITUATION WORLDWIDE

19960223 ADVANCE RELEASE CORRECTION

The dateline of Press Release SOC/NAR/721 of 21 February should be 28 February. The 1995 report of the International Narcotics Control Board will be released on that date.

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21 February 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/721/Rev.1*

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD RELEASES 1995 REPORT UPDATING ILLICIT DRUG SITUATION WORLDWIDE

19960221 ADVANCE RELEASE Sees Upswing in Abuse of Certain Psychotropics, `Designer Drugs'; Deplores Slow Pace of International Action to Combat Money Laundering

21 February 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/721/Rev.1*

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD RELEASES 1995 REPORT UPDATING ILLICIT DRUG SITUATION WORLDWIDE

19960221 ADVANCE RELEASE Sees Upswing in Abuse of Certain Psychotropics, `Designer Drugs'; Deplores Slow Pace of International Action to Combat Money Laundering

21 February 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/721

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD RELEASES 1995 REPORT UPDATING ILLICIT DRUG SITUATION WORLDWIDE

19960221 ADVANCE RELEASE Sees Upswing in Abuse of Certain Psychotropics, `Designer Drugs'; Deplores Slow Pace of International Action to Combat Money Laundering