"I fully stand behind the Secretary-General's commitment to leading by example and fostering an enabling, inclusive and diverse work environment.[...] The importance of gender mainstreaming and addressing the specific needs of women and girls is clear across our mandate. UNODC is working to strengthen crime prevention and criminal justice responses to eliminate violence against women, and to provide essential services to women and girls subject to violence. […] UNODC is also providing high-quality, gender-responsive drug- and crime-related research and analysis."

Yury Fedotov at a side event during the 61 ^st session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, March 2018

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