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SOC/NAR/863
27/05/2003
Press Release
SOC/NAR/863


INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD RE-ELECTS DR. EMAFO OF NIGERIA AS PRESIDENT


(Reissued as received.)


VIENNA, 27 May (UN Information Service) -- Dr. Philip O. Emafo, an international drug control expert from Nigeria, has been re-elected President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) at its seventy-seventh session in Vienna (26 May-6 June).  Dr. Emafo was first elected President of the INCB in 2002.

SOC/NAR/864
27/05/2003
Press Release
SOC/NAR/864


IMPACT OF DRUGS ON CRIME, VIOLENCE AT FAMILY, STREET-LEVELS TO BE

FOCUS OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD'S 77th SESSION


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VIENNA, 26 May (UN Information Service) -- The impact of drugs on crime and violence at the family and street-level will be the focus of attention by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which opened its seventy-seventh session today in Vienna.

SOC/NAR/862
15/05/2003
Press Release
SOC/NAR/862


UNODC SURVEY SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF MAJOR SHIFT

IN COCA CULTIVATION FROM COLOMBIA TO PERU


(Reissued as received.)


VIENNA, 15 May (UN Information Service) -- A new United Nations survey reveals that coca cultivation has remained stable in Peru, dispelling fears of a possible shift in coca growing from neighbouring Colombia, where a considerable decline in cultivation was recently registered.