United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a United Nations agency which was founded in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention with the intent to fight drugs and 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 United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Many drugs are provided in tablet form. ...
The agency, employing about 500 staff members worldwide, is headquartered in Vienna with 21 field offices and a New York liaison office. The agency is led by an Executive Director appointed by the 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. View of Vienna This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ... Antonio Maria Costa is an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, appointed in May 2002 to the positions of Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV). ...
In October 2002, the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) was merged into the UNODC. 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for October, 2002. ... 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). ...
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About Us, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
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Organization of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Secretary-General's bulletin, ST/SGB/2004/6, Mar. 15, 2004.
UNODC advocates and offers its support in order to continue to build better consistency and more transparency of foreign aid in partnership with the Colombian Government, the United States and the European Union to fight and overcome the various expressions of narco-terrorism in Colombia.
UNODC stresses that building trust and peace conditions are both tools and welcome side effects of agreed multilateral human security policies.
UNODC and EU devote equal attention to support the Colombian criminal justice system and its transition to the adversarial system, as complementary areas to the fight against drugs and crime.
Priority areas and strategies...The role of UNODC is to promote adherence by Myanmar to the drug, crime and terrorism conventions and protocols, and to assist in bringing about a level of technical capability in Myanmar to sufficiently meet the obligations under the conventions and related UN mandates.
UNODC has thus provided assistance to Myanmar in drafting legislation on anti-money laundering and mutual legal assistance, which came into effect in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and is providing support to the drafting of anti-human trafficking legislation.
UNODC aims to change the debate on drug policy from a traditional repressive focus with emphasis on top-down approaches, towards a participatory approach, developing and empowering local communities and strengthening civil society.
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