Regional Programme on Drugs and Crime Prevention and Criminal justice Reform in the Arab countries (2011 - 2015)

The Regional Programme 2011 - 2015 supported the region's development priorities and facilitated a complete and integrated approach to the countries' key security challenges, was elaborated through extensive consultations with national and reviewed at a regional expert group meeting held in Cairo, during the period 27-29 April 2010. The meeting was attended by expert delegates from the Ministries of Interior, Justice and Health from all the 18 countries in the region, as well as representatives from other international and inter-governmental organisations, and United Nations agencies. For the Regional Programme 2011 - 2015, click here.

The Regional Programme was subsequently politically endorsed by the Ministers of Interior Council and Ministers of Justice Council of the League of Arab States by Mr. Amr Moussa, the then Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, and Mr. Yuri Fedotov, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Structure of the Regional Programme:

The main theme of the Regional Programme is the promotion of Rule of Law and Human Development and the full integration of the evolving human security threats posed by drugs and crime into the Middle-East and Northern Africa development agenda. 

Substantive experts from the Member States in the region worked in partnership with UNODC and the League of Arab States to identify three priority Subprogrammes:

    • Countering Illicit Trafficking, Organized Crime and Terrorism
    • Promoting Integrity and Building Justice
    • Drug Prevention and Health 

For the current 2016 - 2021 Regional Programme Click Here.