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In conversation with Mohamed Rashid, a recovering drug user

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3 July 2009: The Regional UNODC Office for South Asia recently interviewed Mohamed Rashid, a recovering drug user from Maldives. Rashid gives an account of his journey with drugs, how he found help and what he is doing now to assist people with drug addiction.[Read More]

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Managua meeting strengthens regional response to drugs and crime in Central America

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2 July 2009 - Central America is caught in the cross-fire between the world's biggest suppliers of coca (the Andean countries) and the world's biggest consumer of cocaine (North America). The organized crime, violence and corruption that come with this illicit trade pose a threat to security and deepen vulnerability. Ministers from the region recently met and agreed on a political declaration and regional programme to tackle crime, illicit drugs and terrorism.[Read More]

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Statistics highlight link between injecting drug use and HIV

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30 June 2009 - Injecting drug use is responsible for an increasing proportion of HIV infections in many parts of the world. It is estimated in the World Drug Report 2009 that between 11 and 21 million people worldwide inject drugs, and of those, between 0.8 and 6.6 million are infected with HIV.[Read More]

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Paris Pact

A partnership of more than 50 countries and international organizations aimed at combating Afghan opiates trafficking, consumption and related problems in the affected priority countries. [Read More]

StAR Initiative

By signaling to corrupt leaders that there will be no safe haven for stolen assets, StAR would constitute a formidable deterrent to corruption in developing countries. StAR would also serve to bring in the other side of the corruption equation, as stolen as [Read More]

UN.Gift

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