About UNODC in Afghanistan
Vision
UNODC aims is to contribute to stability and development In Afghanistan. Today's efforts to bring stability and development to the nation are corrupted by drugs and crime. The agency helps the Government to turn this situation around in two ways. First through its evidence-based policy advise which, secondly, guides the delivery of effective counter-narcotics and criminal justice interventions. UNODC's activities are closely coordinated within the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Strategic Focus
Impact at grassroots level demands national but also regional action. With 20 border provinces out of a total of 34, the interdependence of local development with wider trends is clear. Progress at the local level can be furthered, consolidated or diluted by events on the outside. Conversely, where insecurity inhibits action, national or cross-border interventions can positively influence local trends. UNODC therefore strives at the national and regional levels to shape the conditions for grassroots success. UNODC's country program and the regional Rainbow Strategy form two sides of the same coin.
Focusing geographically, UNODC applies the principle of comparative advantage to select as priority provinces Herat, Farah, Nimroz, Ghor and Kandahar. This selection reflects the balance of: (1) significance to containing opium cultivation and instability; (2) proximity to Iran, inviting us to use our neutral status tassuage mutual concerns about international action near sensitive borders; (3) the relatively low attention given to these provinces by others; and (4) accessibility to the agency.
UNODC has limited financial means and therefore seeks to maximize its impact through partnerships. Action is steered by its comparative advantages - as a neutral UN body with specialist expertise in drugs and crime and the access to facilitate not only Afghan but also regional participation. Our size further encourages us to link counter-narcotics, criminal justice and research, advocacy and information, livelihood and development, conflict prevention and management, governance, rule of law and stabilisation, demand reduction and HIV/AIDS prevention, human trafficking and migration,- exploiting the synergies between them and partnering with the respective organizations furthering these goals.
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REPRESENTATIVE: Mr. Jean-Luc LEMAHIEU
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