UNODC to hold anti-corruption training for African civil society organizations
As events in the Arab world have recently shown, corruption can undermine democratic institutions, slow economic development and contribute to instability. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) can play a major role in fighting corruption, not only by acting as watchdogs for governments, but also by supporting governments to provide services to all citizens in a transparent and democratic manner...
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UN Secretary-General calls for action by all to end scourge of corruption
New York - In his message on the International Anti-Corruption Day 2011, United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, emphasises that corruption affects everybody and every country and that it is everybody's responsibility to take action against the cancer of corruption.... More
SADC and UNODC to make region safer from drugs and crime
Pretoria - From 15-16 November, 51high-level experts, designated by the governments of SADC Member States, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and SADC-Secretariat, were hosted by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa in Pretoria to discuss the final draft of the Joint SADC-UNODC Regional Programme, aimed at making the SADC region safer from drugs and crime. After their deliberations and several additions to the draft, the delegates unanimously endorsed the Regional Programme....
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ATS: Second most used drug-type in the world
According to the latest report published by UNODC, amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) such as ecstasy and methamphetamine now rank as the world's second most widely used type of drug after cannabis. The report - the
2011 Global ATS Assessment - notes that ATS continue to pose major threat to health and security world wide and in Southern Africa. ...
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UNODC and World Bank Group launch new Anti-Corruption Legal Library with legislation from 178 States
01 September - As governments worldwide, through their prosecuting and law enforcement agencies, strengthen their efforts to combat corruption, a new tool is launched today, the UNCAC Legal Library. Co-founded by the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative, a joint programme of the World Bank Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Legal Library supports asset recovery and anti-corruption efforts and assists in implementing legislation which supports anti-corruption and asset recovery...
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Inaugural UNODC Southern Africa Newsletter released
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World Drug Report launched in Pretoria
Pretoria - On Monday 27 June, Mr. Mandiaye Niang, the new Regional Representative of UNODC Southern Africa, presented the
2011 World Drug Report at an official launch at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria.
The World Drug Report is an annual publication providing comprehensive facts and figures on the global drug situation with respect to the supply and demand for illicit drugs. It has been recognised as presenting one of the most comprehensive pictures of the international drug problem and is a primary global tool in monitoring the collective fight against illicit drugs.
The event was opened by Prof. Molamu, Registrar of UNISA, UNODC Regional Representative Mandiaye Niang presented the key findings of the 2011 World Drug Report with a focus on Africa and the South African Central Drug Authority presented on the South African situation... More
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UNODC Southern Africa Mandate
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs, transnational organized crime, terrorism and corruption. In working on these issues, UNODC is the guardian of most of the related conventions, namely:
- The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its three protocols (against trafficking in persons, smuggling of migrants and trafficking in firearms)
- The United Nations Convention against Corruption
- The international drug control conventions
UNODC was established in 1997 as a result of the merging of the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention and the United Nations International Drug Control Programme. It was established by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to enable the Organization to focus and enhance its capacity to address the interrelated issues of drug control, crime and international terrorism in all its forms.
In the same year, UNODC Southern Africa was formed and now covers 11 countries in the region, namely: Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The funding of UNODC's programmes is fully dependent on the continued support of the donor community.
