http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/feed/stories.html http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/en/2012/02/cbtx-cambodia/story.html <p> <img class="aLeft" src="/images/eastasiaandpacific//2012/02/cbtx/cbtx_cover.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>Banteay Meanchey (Cambodia), 8 February 2012</strong> - In a northern Cambodian province, eight small communes are making Cambodian history as the first to trial a community-based approach to drug treatment. With the assistance of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), WHO, UNAIDS, the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) and other...</p> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:09 GMT http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/en/2012/02/cbtx-cambodia/story.html 2012-02-08T10:20:09Z http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/en/2012/01/childhood-lao-pdr/story.html <p> <img class="aLeft" src="/images/eastasiaandpacific//2011/12/childhood/childhood_cover.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>Vientiane (the Lao People's Democratic Republic), 11 January 2012</strong> - As children continue to be trafficked, enslaved, and sexually exploited in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, law enforcement responses against travelling child sex offenders must become an ever more important element in halting and reversing this trend. Such responses include intelligence-led investigations, victim...</p> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:14:24 GMT http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/en/2012/01/childhood-lao-pdr/story.html 2012-01-11T03:14:24Z http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/en/2011/12/ops-2011/story.html <p> <img class="aLeft" src="/images/eastasiaandpacific/2011/12/ops-2011/ops_2011_cover.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>Bangkok (Thailand), 15 December 2011</strong> - Opium poppy cultivation has doubled in South-East Asia since 2006 according to a report released by UNODC in Bangkok today. Myanmar accounts for the vast majority of this opium, and during the past 5 years the cultivation in this country has increased remorselessly. The regional cultivation figure for 2011 is 16 per cent higher than in the...</p> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:39:18 GMT http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/en/2011/12/ops-2011/story.html 2011-12-15T09:39:18Z http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/en/2011/12/anti-corruption-day/story.html <p> <img class="aLeft" src="/images/eastasiaandpacific/2011/12/anti-corruption-day/ac_day_cover.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>Bangkok (Thailand), 9 December 2011</strong> - Less than two decades ago the "C" word was not used by development agencies and international financial institutions. It was considered a taboo by many governments. Today, things are different. Ordinary citizens and, increasingly, their governments now recognize the enormous negative impact of corruption on human development. This is what... <br /> <br /></p> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:35:47 GMT http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/en/2011/12/anti-corruption-day/story.html 2011-12-09T09:35:47Z http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/en/2011/12/ct-indonesia/story.html <p> <img class="aLeft" src="/images/eastasiaandpacific/2011/12/ct-indonesia/ct_indonesia_cover.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>Jakarta (Indonesia), 5 December 2011</strong> - Indonesia faces several unique challenges in fighting terrorism.  It has lost several lives to high profile terrorist attacks in the past decade, including the Bali resort bombings and the hotel bombings in Jakarta. Nevertheless it has made great strides to combat and prevent terrorist acts. These include being the first country to initiate a long-term programme of...</p> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:11:47 GMT http://www.unodc.org/eastasiaandpacific/en/2011/12/ct-indonesia/story.html 2011-12-05T05:11:47Z