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December 2006
   
Peer Volunteers Lesson Plans (PVLP) Events: Peer Volunteers Lesson Plans (PVLP) Training Programme (18-21 December 2006)
Event: Project H13 establishes its first Drop - In - Centre (DIC) in Delhi (22 December 2006) Drop - In - Centre
   
Event: 'Respecting and Recognising Research' a colloquium by Bureau of Police Research and Development (17 December 2006) Respecting and Recognising Research
Thane Rural District Event: Thane Rural District - Anti Human Trafficking Seminar
   
Article: NDDTC Newsletter - Drug Abuse: News and Views
Interview: Doordarshan Interview of Mr. Gary Lewis on World AIDS Day Mr. Gary Lewis
   
Event: Site Specific Prison Training, Amritsar
Press Release: UN Drugs Chief Expresses Condolences to Victims of Moscow Drug Clinic Fire
   
Press Release: UNODC Chief Says Tangible Progress Needed in Fighting Global Corruption to Overcome Public Scepticism
Photographs from Computer Based Training (Project RAS/H60), at Chennai Computer Based Training
   
Speech: Mr.Gary Lewis addresses the seminar on "Corruption: Perspectives & the Way Ahead" Mr.Gary Lewis
Project Advisory Committee meeting Event: Project Advisory Committee meeting for the Regional Precursor Control Project, at Colombo
   
Message: Executive Director of the UNODC, Antonio Maria Costa, Message for International Day Against Corruption(9 December 2006)
Upcoming Event: National Seminar on "Corruption: Perspectives and The Way Ahead."
   
Workshop: Training needs analysis workshop at Patna (29-30 Novembar 2006) Training needs analysis workshop at Patna
Champuii Article: Champuii, UNODC CHARCA Peer Educator, awarded "Civil Society Award" by UNAIDS on (1st December 2006)
   
Project H13 Sensitisation Workshop: Project H13 Sensitisation Workshop on Oral Substitution Buprenorphine (27-29 November 2006)
Article: The new Golden Triangle  
   
Excerpt from Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Vice-President of India's speech on World AIDS Day Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Seminar to spread awareness about AIDS Article: Seminar to spread awareness about AIDS
   
Press Release: Message by Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime World AIDS Day, Vienna (1 December 2006)
Press Release: UNODC Head, Announcing Abu Dhabi Initiative, Calls for Concrete Action Against Human Trafficking
   
November 2006
   
Photo Competition Photo Competition
Mr. gary lewis Interview: Grim South Asian Drug Scenario
   
FOCUS - 2030: AIDS will be fourth-largest killer Article: FOCUS - 2030: AIDS will be fourth-largest killer
Article: Booming Sex Industry Booming Sex Industry
   
Event: Peer Volunteers Lesson Plans (PVLP) Training Programme : RRTC North East - III Peer Volunteers Lesson Plans
Twilight Glow Walk Upcoming Event: "Twilight Glow Walk" & live band performance by "Indian Ocean" to Commemorate World AIDS Day
   
Press Release: High Level Jordon Conference to Review First Year of United Nations Convention Against Corruption
Workshop: Project H13 Sensitisation Workshop on Oral Substitution Buprenorphine (OSB),(27-29 November 2006) Project H13 Sensitisation Workshop
   
Workshop: "Anti-Human Trafficking" workshop on 24-11-2006 at APPA, Hyderabad Anti-Human Trafficking
West Bengal Police Workshop: West Bengal Police Working Group Workshop, Kolkata (21-22 November 2006)
   
Article: Mobile meth lab seized in Calcutta
Press Release: Parliament committee recommends severe punishment for human trafficking
   
Press Release: UN Drugs Executive Director Warns European Mayors About Risk of Overdoses From Bumper Afghan Opium Crop
Press Release: UN Drugs Chief Welcomes Move to Reward Afghan Provinces Which Eliminate Opium
   
Article: Experts at UNODC-Sponsored Meeting Agree to Bolster Terrorism Prevention in Central and South-East Europe
Event: Peer Volunteers Lesson Plans (PVLP) : RRTC North - Project H13 Peer Volunteers Lesson Plans
   
Article: UN Drugs Executive Director Urges Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan to Share Intelligence on Drug Trafficking
Article: The figures keep increasing
   
Press Release: INCB Expresses Concern Over Illegal Manufacture of Heroin in Afghanistan During Annual Session
   
   
October 2006
   
PVLP Masters' Training, at Kolkata Event: PVLP Masters' Training, at Kolkata, India (12-15 october 2006)
 
   
Article: Pharm parties  
Article: Traffickers turn to northeast India for sex trade
   
mr.costa Press Release: UNODC chief urges anti-corruption officials to hold their governments to account
Article: Antonio Maria Costa charts road ahead for UN Office on Drugs and Crime UN Office on Drugs and Crime
   
Article: Opium Cultivation in Golden Triangle falls 29 per cent in 2006, down 85 per cent since 1998
International Convention on Terrorism Article: Dhaka to Support International Convention on Terrorism
   
Video: Antonio Maria Costa in conversation with Calvin Sims of New York Times
Article: More paedophiles on prowl online - Central Bureau of Investigation,India Central Bureau of Investigation
   
Article: NEPAL: Selling Daughters Into Bondage May End-Inter Press Service News Agency
Microsoft and UNODC Workshop: Microsoft and UNODC collaborate on training law enforcers to prevent online crimes against children
   
Article: Nepal moves towards ratifying UN Convention Against Corruption
Article: Trafficking in women, children on the rise in India
   
Workshop: on street children, at Vijay Ghat, New Delhi street children
awareness programme Article: Haryana secondary school principals take the lead with an awareness programme on drug abuse amongst young people
   
Article: Nepal seeks co-operation to fight organised crime
Article: UN anti-terrorism official calls for more global cooperation to tackle transnational crimes
   
September 2006
   
Event: PE Conference 2006 PE Conference 2006
 
   
Mauritius delegation's visit Event: Mauritius delegation's visit
Event: Training on Adolescent Friendly Health Services Health Services
   
Event: "I Decide" at the Delhi Book Fair I Decide
Nepal minister rescues four trafficking victims Article: Nepal minister rescues four trafficking victims
   
Article: The heady feeling of a different, worrisome high. India graduates from a transit point for drugs to a consumer's market
Workshop: Prison Training in Nepal (SST) Prison Training
   
Article in Daily News Analysis, Mumbai: UN plan to help women addicts UN plan to help women addicts
Article: Meeting of the drug law enforcement agencies under the SAARC Coordination Group
   
Article: India, Brazil to fight against terror under UN charter
Article: Pak one of the key sources of women trafficking in world: UN report
   
Article: New effort: India-Myanmar to begin talks India-Myanmar to begin talks
afghanistan Press Release: UN drug chief calls for extra resources to help NATO target Afghan opium
   
Formidable force, how a group of women in North east India ward off addiction Article: Formidable force, how a group of women in North east India ward off addiction
Article: Drug culture on rise among youth Drug culture on rise among youth
   
Article: Drug-related HIV/AIDS a cause for concern Suruchi Pant
About 20,000 people trafficked Article: About 20,000 people trafficked
every year from Bangladesh
(Financial Express, 09 September06 )
   
Article: SAARC conventions ratified
Article: UNGA meet: India to press for UN
Convention on Terror (Zee News, September 06)
UNGA meet: India to press for UN
   
Press Release: UN Drugs Chief Praises Swedish Drug Control Model Mr. Antonio Maria Costa
Women form half of migrant population Article: Women form half of migrant population (The Hindu, 7 September 2006)
   
Increasing involvement of Canadian nationals in ephedrine trade found Article: Increasing involvement of Canadian nationals in ephedrine trade found (The Hindu, 7 September 2006)
Article: Heroin worth Rs 1 cr seized (The Hindustan Times, 7 September 2006) Heroin worth Rs 1 cr seized
   
Beware of scam emails purporting to come from UNODC
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Beware of scam emails purporting to come from UNODC
Smugglers use legal route to ship drugs Article: Smugglers use legal route to ship drugs
   
Ephedrine worth 100 crores seized Article: Ephedrine worth 100 crores seized
Article: Interesting article in Marie Claire magazine on woman addicts article in Marie Claire Magazine
   
Article: Rescued from hell  
Press Release: Afghan opium cultivation soars 59 percent in 2006, UNODC survey shows
   
August 2006
   
UNODC guideline UNODC guideline: HIV/AIDS prevention and care for female injecting drug users
Article: Delhi Police seize 4,400 kg of mandrax in record haul
(The Hindustan Times, 28 August 2006)
   
Article: Drug gang busted, ecstasy to get axed
(The Hindustan Times, 23 August 2006)
Drug gang busted, ecstasy to get axed
Late Mr. Vijayan Pavamani In Memoriam: Mr. Vijayan Pavamani, Director Regional Resource Training Centre East passes away
   
Dangers of steroids Article: Dangers of steroids
(The Hindustan Times, 21 August 2006)
Article: Police haul party drugs in Delhi, NRI among 4 held Police haul party drugs in Delhi
   
Training workshop: National training programmes in collaboration with the Drug Control Programme, Ministry of Home Affairs, Nepal. Training workshop
Write up on Nepal training Write up on Nepal training
   
UNODC guideline: HIV/AIDS prevention and care for female injecting drug users.
Human trafficking from a different perspective. Human trafficking
   
Article: Govt may supply syringes to addicts (The Times of India, 14 August 2006) Govt may supply syringes to addicts
UNODC Guideline New UNODC guidelines on 'HIV/AIDS Prevention,
Care, Treatment and Support in Prison Settings -
A Framework for an Effective National Response' released.
   
New Report: AIDS in South Asia: Understanding and responding to a heterogenous epidemic.
Briefing Note: How UNODC deals with HIV/AIDS.
   
View on this article (The Times of India, 21 August 2006)
   
   
July 2006
   
Article: Delhi transit point for narcotics (The Asian Age, 30 July 2006)
 
   
Article: Trafficking huge global problem - Jacob (Meghalaya Guard, 8th July 2006)
Workshop: Workshop to build and maintain website content, New Delhi, 31st July - 4th August Workshop to build and maintain website content
   
Regional South Asia Consultation on Right Based Anti-Trafficking Programming in Shillong, Meghalaya Workshop: Regional South Asia Consultation on Right Based Anti-Trafficking Programming in Shillong, Meghalaya, 7-8 July 2006
Article: Jacob calls for Govt. intervention (Shillong Times, 8th July 2006)
   
Workshop: Workshop on Amphetamine Type Stimulation (ATS) Abuse. 6-7 July 2006 in New Delhi Workshop on Amphetamine Type Stimulation (ATS) Abuse
Article: Flesh Trade's Twilight Zone - Ajit Joy  
   
Gap in human trafficking laws Article: Gap in human trafficking laws: Meghalaya Governor
(Zee News, 10th July 2006)
UN Regional Task Force on IDU and HIV/AIDS for Asia-Pacific Workshop: UN Regional Task Force on IDU and HIV/AIDS for Asia-Pacific
   
Article: Preventing HIV in Asian injecting drug users could help curb aids epidemic: UN (Zee News, 6th July 2006) Preventing HIV in Asian injecting drug users
Article: An interesting viewpoint on this year's theme - 'Drugs are not child's play' (The Hindu Business Line, 3rd July 2006)
   
   
June 2006
   
   
Press coverage of 26th June Press coverage of 26th June
Article: Heady Cocktails (Frontline, 30th June 2006)
   
Article: How cocaine 'hijacks' our brain functions (Times of India, 29 June 2006)
Article: Drug trafficking across the western border increases dramatically (Hindustan Times, 28 June 2006)
   
What is 26th June?
26 June events in Sri Lanka 26 June events in Sri Lanka
   
Report on 26th June activities in Maldives
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26th June Activities in Mizoram in northeast India
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Launch of 'I Decide' campaign
Event: What's happening where on the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on ( 26th June 2006) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
   
Message from Secretary-General Message from Secretary-General
Message from UNODC Executive Director Message from UNODC Executive Director
   
World Drug Report 2006 World Drug Report 2006
26th June events 26th June events
   
Drugs are not child's play is this year's theme
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Drugs are not child's play is this year's theme
Message from UN Resident Representative in Nepal, Mr. Matthew Kahane
   
Beware of scam emails purporting to come from UNODC Beware of scam emails purporting to come from UNODC
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Article: An interview with Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, UNODC (The Hindu 1st June 2006)
   
Article: Peer Educators to impart message of safe sex and HIV among prostitutes
(The Indian Express 6th June 2006)
Article: Fighting Human Trafficking, (Times of India 6th June 2006)
   
May 2006
   
Article: India has most HIV patients (Times of India 31st May 2006)
Article: Drug use cause for worry (The Hindu, 26th May 2006)
   
Article: The unwilling who get trapped (Tehelka, 20th May 2006)
Ms. Julia Ormond visits India Event: Goodwill Ambassador, Ms. Julia Ormond visits India (26 -29 May 2006)
   
Executive Director UNODC, Mr. Antonio Maria Costa's India visit Event: Executive Director UNODC, Mr. Antonio Maria Costa's India visit
Event: Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, UNODC to visit India for three days on 23rd. May 2006
   
Article: Book review of 'Trafficking in Women and Children in India' written by P.M.Nair.
Article: Create awareness to stop drug abuse (Asian Age 25th May 2006)
   
Article: Release of North East Monograph by Ms. Meira Kumar, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Article: Drug abuse in northeast, a generalised epidemic (nagarealm.com)
   
Article: UN report flags up India drug use (BBC News 23rd May 2006)
Article: The law as a samaritan. Story of Asim Sarode (Outlook India)
   
Article: Checking drug abuse (Hindustan Times May 01 2006)
Article: Women trafficking on the rise in Nepal (IBN Live May 19 2006) See video clip
   
Article: The Drug Trap - (Times of India May 15 2006)
Article: Kicking The Habit And The Disease
   
Article: The Heroin Trail - Times of India May 13 2006)
Event: 15th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Opening Remarks of Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director
   
April 2006
   
Article: New heroin route from East to UK uncovered (The Observer,April 23 2006)
Article: Get high on life, not drugs (Hindustan Times April 28 2006)
   
Article: Opium cultivation in India (The Times of India, New Delhi,April 03 , 2006)
 
   
March 2006
   
Article: Speech by President of India on drug abuse March 25,2006
Event: Release of International Narcotics Control Board Report, March 1, 2006
   
February 2006
   
United States, India and UNODC launch major anti-trafficking initiative Event: United States, India and UNODC launch major anti-trafficking initiative, February 7, 2006
   
January 2006
   
Event: 5th National Conference of Federation of Indian NGOs for Drug Abuse Prevention, Thiruvanthapuram, 6, 7, 8 January, 2006
   
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