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UNODC Strategic Vision for Latin America and the Caribbean
No full textThis document presents a forwardlooking strategic vision for UNODC in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), prioritizing four investment areas: addressing the world drug problem, combatting transnational organized crime, countering corruption and economic crime, and enhancing crime prevention and criminal justic
UNODC Integrated strategy on the global opioid crisis.
Full text linkRecent years have seen a sharp rise globally in opioid overdose deaths. Currently, the majority of the world burden of disease caused by drug use disorders is attributable to opioid use. In this regard, UNODC launched a five-pillar strategy to support countries grappling with the opioid crisis.
It focuses on:
Pillar 1 → early warning and trend analysis
Pillar 2 → medical and scientific use of opioids
Pillar 3 → prevention and treatment of opioid use disorders
Pillar 4 → international law enforcement operations to disrupt illicit trafficking of opioids
Pillar 5 → strengthening national and international counter-narcotics capacit
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No full textThe challenge of synthetic drugs in East and South-East Asia and Oceania
Full text linkThe demand for synthetic drugs in East and Southeast Asia and Oceania continues to rise, while rapid economic integration is creating new opportunities for transnational criminal groups to expand the illicit drug trade, warns the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in this report released by the Global Synthetics Monitoring: Analyses, Reporting and Trends (SMART) Programme.
This report analyses recent trends and developments of the synthetic drugs market in the region, comprising both amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) and new psychoactive substances (NPS), which are designed to mimic the effects of substances under international control. The report also highlights the harmful impact of the illicit trade in synthetic drugs on development and the evolving challenges for governments in their efforts to respond to the threat.
East and Southeast Asia and Oceania is one of the world\u27s largest synthetic drug markets, and is dominated by methamphetamine in crystalline or ice and tablet (referred to as yaba or yama locally) forms. The illegal synthetic drug trade in the region is also expanding and diversifying with increasing availability of NPS. Moreover, the availability of precursor chemicals in the region increases the risk of diversion for methamphetamine production.
 
UNODC chief discusses responses to HIV/ AIDS among drug users and prisoners.
No full textAt a time of declining international aid flows to low income countries home to a high number of people living with HIV, Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC, yesterday addressed the 36th Meeting of the UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (CCO) in Geneva. "This is resulting in a devastating situation, particularly in those countries where HIV epidemics are concentrated among key population groups such as drug users", said Mr. Fedotov, adding that "life saving HIV services are closing down".
UNODC is playing a critical role in assisting governments to tackle drug demand reduction and to provide comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment and care. The need for targeted and integrated services for drug users was more important than ever, said the Executive Director.
Mr. Fedotov expressed particular concern about the increasing global abuse of synthetic drugs, mainly amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) and prescription drugs. Increasing evidence suggests that the use of ATS facilitates HIV transmission. Methamphetamine use elevates the risk of contracting HIV and increases the progression of the disease.
Mr. Fedotov informed the CCO about the decisions taken by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in March 2012 to protect vulnerable sectors of society. The CND, which is the central policy-setting body within the United Nations system dealing with illicit drugs, adopted resolutions on promoting measures addressing specific needs of drug dependent women; and on alternatives to imprisonment as a measure to promote public health and public safety
UNODC annual report 2018.
Full text linkFor two decades, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been helping make the world safer from drugs, organized crime, corruption and terrorism. We are committed to achieving health, security and justice for all by tackling these threats and promoting peace and sustainable well-being as deterrents to them. Because the scale of these problems is often too great for states to confront alone, UNODC offers practical assistance and encourages transnational approaches to action. We do this in all regions of the world through our global programmes and network of field offices
Kerjasama UNODC – Indonesia Dalam Memerangi Perdagangan Manusia Periode 2007-2013
Full text linkThe impact of technological advancement does not always has apositive effect. For example, one of the negative impact is the growingforms of transnational crime such as human trafficking. As onecontinent from five continents in the world, Asia is the region with thenumber of victims of human trafficking at most. Indonesia is one ofAsian countries which has become a source, destination, and transit ofhuman trafficking. Surely the Government of Indonesia continues tostrive to combat human trafficking in various ways, one of them ispartnership with UNODC. This thesis aims to determine the form ofthe partnership between the Government of Indonesia with theUNODC in combating human trafficking with period 2007-2013. Inthis thesis, author use the theory of Liberalism Institutionalism,because it is considered the most appropriate theory to explain thecooperation between the Government of Indonesia and UNODC. Inthis thesis, author use descriptive-explanative research type to explainand to describe the phenomenon of human trafficking in Indonesia.The results from this research is that the cooperation between theGovernment of Indonesia and UNODC are effective and inaccordance with the needs of the Government of Indonesia especiallyon the aspect of capacity building of Indonesian law enforcementofficial. However, the result from this cooperation does not give apositive implication for the reduction of the number of victims ofhuman trafficking in Indonesia
UNODC launches TRACK portal and anti-corruption legal library.
No full textUNODC has launched a Web-based anti-corruption portal known as TRACK (Tools and Resources for Anti-Corruption Knowledge). The portal features the United Nations Convention against Corruption legal library, providing a unique gateway to an electronic database of Convention-related legislation and jurisprudence from over 175 States, systematized in accordance with the Convention's requirements.
The TRACK portal brings together legal and non-legal knowledge relating to anti-corruption and asset recovery, enabling Member States, the anti-corruption community and the general public to access that information in a central location. Information in the Legal Library is searchable by country, by article of the Convention and such other criteria as legal systems and levels of human development.
An anti-corruption learning platform is also incorporated, providing a common space in which analytical tools generated by partner organizations can be searched and accessed by users worldwide.
A further key objective of TRACK is to create a community of practitioners in which registered users can communicate, exchange information and schedule events. The common workspace is intended for partner institutions, anti-corruption practitioners and experts to communicate and collaborate directly with each other
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