Publications

The HIV work of the Office is based on a variety of guiding documents, including the resolutions, UN System Position Papers, Declarations, policy briefs and many others. UNODC also publishes technical documents such as toolkits, discussion papers, best practice documents, etc.

New Publications

Guide to starting and managing needle and syringe programmes The latest joint WHO, UNODC and UNAIDS guide is out!

  Guide to Starting and Managing Needle and Syringe Programmes

 

Other relevant UNODC - HIV publications

E-Library


Visit the first effort to provide a collection of available documents, resolutions, position papers, reports and tools and guidelines developed by WHO, UNODC and UNAIDS on the issue of harm reduction and HIV prevention and care for injecting drug users and prisoners.

  E-LIBRARY

UNODC publications and joint publications: Injecting drug use

UNODC publications and joint publications: Prison settings 

 

 

 

Evidence for Action Technical Papers -  Intervention to address HIV in prison

 

 

 

 

  

UNAIDS and other relevant UN documents 

Injecting drug use

Prison settings

Other guiding documents

 Relevant resolutions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

  • 2002 Resolution 45/1  Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the context of drug abuse
  • 2003 Resolution 46/2 Strengthening strategies regarding the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the context of drug abuse
  • 2004 Resolution 47/2 Prevention of HIV/AIDS among drug users
  • 2005 Resolution 48/12 Expanding the capacity of communities to provide information, treatment, health care and social services to people living with HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases in the context of drug abuse and strengthening monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems
  • 2006 Resolution 49/4 Responding to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases among drug users 

 Resolution of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council

  • Resolution 2004/35 Combating the spread of HIV/AIDS in criminal justice pre-trial and correctional facilities
  • Resolution 2006/22 Providing technical assistance for prison reform in Africa and the development of viable alternatives to imprisonment

 Political Declaration of the General Assembly