Drugs

ANNUAL REPORT OF NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD FOCUSES ON RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN DRUG ABUSE, CRIME, VIOLENCE AT COMMUNITY LEVEL

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VIENNA, 3 March (UN Information Service) -- The impact of drug abuse on crime and violence at the community level is the main focus of the 2003 Annual Report of the Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), released here today.

NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD CONCERNED ABOUT FAILURE OF TURKMENISTAN TO COOPERATE

WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS

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UN, LIBYA TO EXPAND COOPERATION AGAINST DRUGS, CRIME, TERRORISM

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EUROPE’S DRUG CONSUMPTION STIMULATES CANNABIS CULTIVATION IN MOROCCO

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INVESTIGATION CLEARS UN OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME OF ALLEGATIONS

OF CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT

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UN TO HOLD MEETING OF EXPERTS AND KEY OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS

ISSUE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Developing Agreements

To Enhance International Judicial and Police Cooperation among Key Issues for Discussion

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INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD EXAMINES IMPACT

OF DRUGS, CRIME AND VIOLENCE AT COMMUNITY LEVEL

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UNODC CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING

INTER-REGIONAL ADVISER’S RESIGNATION

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AREA UNDER OPIUM POPPY CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN

INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT, UN SAYS

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VIENNA, 29 October (UN Information Service) -- The Afghanistan Opium Survey for 2003, conducted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), for the first time jointly with the Afghanistan Government, confirms the country’s place as the leading producer of opium, responsible for about three quarters of the world’s output.

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