United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization made up of 191 states established in 1945. With the notable exception of the Holy See/ Vatican City (which is the sole permanent observer state), all countries recognized by the CIA as first-level sovereign entities, are members. Other entities recognized... United Nations agency which was founded in 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. Events January January 3 - NBCs Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 - Mister Rogers receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame... 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention with the intent to fight Many drugs are provided in tablet form. A drug is any substance that can be used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process or processes in the body. The word drug is etymologically derived from the Dutch/Low German word droog, which means dry, since... drugs and for other uses please see Crime (disambiguation) A crime is an act that violates a political or moral law. According to Western jurisprudence, there must be a simultaneous concurrence of both actus reus (guilty action) and mens rea (guilty mind) for a crime to have been committed; except in crimes... crime on an international level. This intent is fulfilled through three primary functions: research, lobbying state government to adopt various crime and drug based laws and treaties and assistance of said governments on the ground level.

The agency, employing about 500 staff members worldwide, is headquartered in This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. For other places or things called Vienna, see Vienna (disambiguation). Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). Situated on both sides of the river... Vienna with 21 field offices and a State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13.3%) Population ( 2000)  - Population 18,976,457 (3rd... New York liason office. The agency is led by an Executive Director appointed by the The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. According to the United Nations Charter, the Secretary-General is appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council. The Secretary-General is described by the Charter... United Nations Secretary-General. Presently, that position is filled by Antonio Maria Costa, an Italian native who also holds the position of Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna. The long-term aims of the body are to better equip governments to handle drug and crime related issues, maximise knowledge on the issues among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of states, and also to maximise awareness amongst the general population. Approximately 90% of the Office's funding comes from voluntary contributions, mainly from governments.

In 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for October, 2002. October 31, 2002 The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko has now stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was... October 2002, the The United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) and the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP) are part of the United Nations Office for Drug Control & Crime Prevention (ODCCP). The ODCCP was established to enable the UN to focus and enhance its capacity to address the interrelated... United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) was merged into the UNODC.

External links

• About Us (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/about.html), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
• Official website (http://www.unodc.org/)
• Organization of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (http://www.unodc.org/pdf/sgb_2004_6_unodc.pdf), Secretary-General's bulletin, ST/SGB/2004/6, Mar. 15, 2004.