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Issue 22 | 6 November 2012
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC news from East Asia and the Pacific
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Highlight
Myanmar opium cultivation up despite rise in poppy eradication, UNODC says
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Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar), 31 October 2012 - Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar rose for the sixth consecutive year, despite a significant increase in Government eradication efforts, according to a UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report which was launched today in Naypyitaw, the Myanmar capital.
The UNODC report, South-East Asia Opium Survey 2012 - Lao PDR, Myanmar, estimates that Myanmar opium poppy cultivation jumped 17 per cent in 2012 to 51,000 hectares (up from 43,000 ha in 2011) in spite of Government claims to have eradicated 23,717 ha of opium poppy - more than three times the 7,058 ha it... [Read More]
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- Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan (Indonesia) 26-30 November: Forest Ranger Advance Training for (X14 Project)
- Chanthaburi (Thailand) 19-30 November: PATROL project: First Thailand Face-to-Face Training on Smuggling of Migrants and Human Trafficking
- (Indonesia) 22-23 November: Forest Ranger and Civil Servant Investigator Development Workshop (X14 Project)
- Dien Bien Phu (Viet Nam) 22 November: Workshop on social protection services for people living with HIV/AIDS, G32
- (Indonesia) 20-21 November: Financial Forensic for Forest Crime module development workshop (X14 Project)
- Bangkok (Thailand) 19-23 November: Training Course on Migrant Smuggling related Money Laundering and Financial Investigation
- Bangkok (Thailand) 13 -14 November: Project Childhood (Protection Pillar) Introductory Training for Community Police Officers and Community Leaders, T33
- Sihanoukville (Cambodia) 12-23 November: Training Course on Operational Analysis in support of Migrant Smuggling Investigations
- Sorong, West Papua (Indonesia) 5-14 November: Forestry Civil Servant Investigators Advance Training (X14 Project)
- (Viet Nam) 5-9 November: PATROL project: Second Viet Nam Face-to-Face Training on Smuggling of Migrants and Human Trafficking
- Bangkok (Thailand) 1 November: Thailand's 3rd National Conference on Collective Action Against Corruption "Responsibilities of Company Directors in Fighting Corruption"
- Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh (Viet Nam) TBC November - Workshops on continuum of ARV treatment community and prison settings, K16
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