Issue 9 | June 8 2011
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC news from East Asia and the Pacific

UNODC News

Indonesia

• 1000th course participant successfully graduates from trainer development programme in Indonesia
• Improved policing: Indonesian National police adopts international guidebook
• Recovering stolen assets: Experts in Indonesia discuss international best practices
• The Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation launches immersive training facility

Lao People's Democratic Republic

• Opiate and ATS picture worsens in SE Asia - response required

Thailand

• Bolstering inter-agency cooperation on combating transnational border crime in Thailand

Viet Nam

• Countering migrant smuggling in South-East Asia
• Viet Nam reviews National Drug Control Master Plan 2006-2010

Highlight

Opiate and ATS picture worsens in SE Asia - response required

Vientiane (the Lao People's Democratic Republic), 7 June 2011
The international community has taken its eye off the drug control ball in East and South-East Asia. Urgent steps are required to respond to two worrying trends. This was the message from UNODC at the recently-concluded Ministerial meeting in Lao PDR on drug control covering six countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region - Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.

Read our latest publications and reports

• Implementation Update: 2 (pdf)
• Implementation Update: 2 - Executive Brief (pdf)
• Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2010 (pdf)
• Myanmar: Situation Assessment on Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (pdf)
• South-East Asia: Opium Survey 2010 (Lao PDR, Myanmar) (pdf)
• 2010 Client Feedback Survey: UNODC Programme in East Asia and the Pacific (pdf)

Upcoming Events

• Hanoi, Viet Nam - 14-18 June: Regional Seminar on Drugs and HIV/AIDS
• Ho Chi Min City, Viet Nam - 5-8 July: Regional Seminar on Prevention of ATS Use and its Consequences
• Bangkok, Thailand - 18-20 July: SMART Regional Workshop

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