Issue 15 | December 22 2011
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC news from East Asia and the Pacific

UNODC News

Cambodia

• New BLOs in Cambodia - Viet Nam

Indonesia

• Indonesia and UNODC Strengthen Counter-Terrorism Collaboration
• Methamphetamine rise in East and South-East Asia threat to security and health, UNODC warns

Malaysia

• New Malaysia drug dependence treatment efforts lauded

Thailand

• Opium cultivation up significantly in Myanmar and Lao PDR, UNODC warns
• This 9 December, let's speak up and ACT against corruption
• Thai alternative development projects showcased at international workshop
• World AIDS Day 2011: Getting to ZERO

Highlight

Opium cultivation up significantly in Myanmar and Lao PDR, UNODC warns

Bangkok (Thailand), 15 December 2011 - Opium poppy cultivation has doubled in South-East Asia since 2006 according to a report released by UNODC in Bangkok today. Myanmar accounts for the vast majority of this opium, and during the past 5 years the cultivation in this country has increased remorselessly. The regional cultivation figure for 2011 is 16 per cent higher than in the preceding year, the report says. "The high prices for opium in the Lao DPR and Thailand, as well as steep price increases in Myanmar, are making... [Read More]

Read our latest publications and reports

• South-East Asia: Opium Survey 2011 (Lao PDR, Myanmar) (pdf)
• 2011 Patterns and Trends of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants and Other Drugs, Asia and the Pacific (pdf)
• Guidelines for the Safe handling and disposal of chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of drugs (pdf)
• Amphetamines & Ecstasy: 2011 Global ATS Assessment (pdf)
• World Drug Report 2011
• Implementation Update: 2 (pdf)
• Implementation Update: 2 - Executive Brief (pdf)

Upcoming Events

• Ho Chi Minh City (Viet Nam) - 21-23 December: Training workshop on HIV care and treatment (Anti-retroviral therapy)

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