Issue 2, June 2009

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UNODC News

• Launch of World Drug Report 2009 to be webcast live on June 24 (17 June 2009)
• Steep decline in coca cultivation in Colombia, as Peru and Bolivia see increase (19 June 2009)
• Law enforcement officers trained to tackle cybercrime (19 June 2009)
• African Union starts campaign against human trafficking (16 June 2009)
• Commission on Narcotic Drugs Political Declaration now online (16 June 2009)
  
• Panama gets on board to boost port security (12 June 2009)
• Child labour: Girls at increased risk as economic crisis bites (12 June 2009)

Highlight

World Drug Report 2009

On June 24 UNODC will launch the 2009 edition of its flagship publication, the World Drug Report. The event will take place in Washington, D.C., at a press conference during which UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa and newly appointed Director of the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, will release the Report. The press conference will take place at 10 a.m. eastern daylight time on 24 June and will be webcast live at www.unodc.org.The Report will be launched in the run-up to World Drug Day on 26 June.

The World Drug Report presents comprehensive information on the illicit drug situation. It provides detailed estimates and trends on production, trafficking and consumption in the opium/heroin, coca/cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine-type stimulants markets. Based on data and estimates collected or prepared by Governments, UNODC and other international institutions, UNODC attempts to identify trends in the evolution of global illicit drug markets. (Read more)

Read our latest publications

• Colombia Coca Cultivation Survey July 2009 (19 July 2009) (pdf)
  
• Peru Monitoreo du Cultivos de Coca Junio 2009 (19 July 2009) (pdf)
  
• Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Moniterio de Cultivos de Coca Junio 2009 (19 July 2009) (pdf)
• Container Programme Progress Report (12 June 2009) (pdf)
• Handbook on Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism (12 June 2009) (pdf)

Upcoming Events

• 24 June 2009 - Launch of World Drug Report 2009
• 26 June 2009 - World Drug Day

Other International Drugs and Crime News

• European Commission - European Commission outlines its vision for the area of freedom, security and justice in the next five years (10 June 2009)
• ILO - ILO says crisis increases risk of girls becoming child labourers (10 June 2009)
  
• World Bank - New report demonstrates World Bank's impact on corruption (9 June 2009)
• IOM - From the Playground of a Notorious Colombian Drug Trafficker, to a Productive Farm Helping Hundreds of Colombians Restart Their Lives (9 June 2009)

Resources

• UNODC in pictures
• UNODC in the News
• UNODC on Twitter
• Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa on Twitter

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