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With UNODC's Global Programme, Palestinian youth Line Up, Live Up through sports

Ramallah, Palestine   

Children playing team sports together not only get the physical benefits of activity and the advantages of teamwork, but they can also learn valuable skills which they can apply in numerous other settings. Sports programmes have therefore increasingly given weight to these factors, using games and physical activities to teach young people how to resist social pressures to engage in delinquency, crime and drugs, how to cope with anxiety, and how to communicate effectively with peers, amongst other life skills.[Read More]

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Morocco: Collaboration and Partnership between international airports to tackle illegal physical transfer of funds

Casablanca, Morocco

Within the coming 20 years, the number of global airline passengers is expected to double as the world grows more connected. This connectivity increases the risk of organized crime groups using the global airline system to transfer physical cash beyond the international and national approved and allowed rules of conduct, therefore engaging in the illegal physical transfer of funds or the illicit movements of cash across borders.[Read More]

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Learning through exchange: Tunisian Health Delegation study visit to Switzerland

Geneva, Switzerland

Aiming to strengthen the knowledge and capacities of medical doctors directly involved in drug dependence and blood-borne infections, UNODC organized a study visit for Tunisian doctors to Switzerland. Learning through direct exchange, discussions, and interaction helps in sharing the best practices and tools towards effective capacity building. The visit also aimed to spark a conversation on the possible ways to integrate the experience gained into the doctors' daily practice to improve health services in Tunisian prison settings.

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