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Bangladesh: National Workshop boosts dialogue on combatting violent extremism

26 May 2017: A distinguished group of international experts convened for a special workshop in Bangladesh to discuss ways and best practices to prevent and counter violent extremism. Held in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh, the workshop was attended by 30 participants from various national and global agencies, government bodies and international civil society organisations.[Read More]

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Bangladesh: Training fosters inter-agency cooperation to tackle fisheries crime

26 May 2017: Officials from Bangladesh's customs and law enforcement agencies came together for a special training focusing on fisheries crime in the trade supply chain to give a fresh thematic impetus to UNODC's Container Control Programme (CCP).[Read More]

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Sri Lanka: Workshop sensitises pharma representatives on promoting self-regulation to control abuse

8 May 2017: At a special-day long national sensitisation workshop, experts and representatives of Sri Lanka's pharmaceutical trade and industry were urged to self-regulate their supply chain processes to reduce the likelihood of non-medical use of controlled drugs. The workshop also highlighted that the non-medical use of prescription drugs is a public health issue that requires as strong a response from the public health system as from the criminal justice system.[Read More]

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