News and Events

World Drug Report 2017: opioids were the most harmful drug type

Press conference on the occasion of 26 June - International Day against Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking and Launch of Drug World Report 2017 held at UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia. This year UNODC is launching a new format, with the report available as five separate booklets: the executive summary, together with the report's conclusions and policy implications...[Read More]

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High Level United Nations –Central Asian Dialog

UN Secretary-General Commends Central Asian Countries on the Adoption of Ashgabat Declaration on Countering Terrorism and for their continued efforts in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and the Joint Plan of Action for in Central Asia.

Ashgabat, 13 June 2017 - Today, the UN Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres chaired a "High-Level United Nations-Central Asian Dialogue on Implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia". On this occasion, ministers of Kazakhstan...[Read More]

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More Port Control Units were established in Kyrgyz Republic

New Port Control Units (PCUs) were established at the State Customs Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic's Headquarters in Bishkek and its Regional Department in Osh in the framework of "UNODC-World Customs Organization (WCO) Global Container Control Programme - Regional Segment for Central Asia and Azerbaijan".[Read More]

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