Stories from UNODC

World Drug Day 2008

26 June in Viet Nam

4 July 2008 - On 26 June, UNODC offices around the world held different events to celebrate the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. On the same day, UNODC also launched its 2008 World Drug Report. Below a selection of some of the events that took place around the world. [Read More]

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Civil society contributes to the UN drug policy review

Beyond 2008 logo

4 July 2008 - From 7-9 July, more than 300 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from across the world will participate in "Beyond 2008", a global NGO forum on the 1998-2008 Review of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on illicit drugs. The forum will allow civil society to have a say on future drug policy.[Read More]

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Interview with Ingrid Betancourt’s mother

Yolanda Pulecio

3 July 2008 - The former senator and presidential candidate of Colombia Ingrid Betancourt, kidnapped in 2002 by the FARC guerrillas, was rescued yesterday - together with a group of 14 hostages - by her country's army. Her mother, Yolanda Pulecio, who fought tirelessly all these years to win her release, was reunited with her in a military base near Bogotá.[Read More]

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UNODC Initiatives

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

The Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) aims to mobilize state and non-state actors to eradicate human trafficking by (i) reducing both the vulnerability of potential victims a [Read More]