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Denmark ends Iranian drug crime support [09-04-13] The Danish development minister, Christian Friis Bach (Radikale), has decided to cease providing financial support to a United Nations anti-drug progr...
An ugly truth in the war on drugs [11-03-13] This week, representatives from many nations will gather at the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna to determi...
Between Reality and Abstraction [01-01-13] At the International Conference on Alter­native Development (ICAD), held 15-16 November 2012 in Lima, the Peruvian Government continued to insist on t...
An opportunity lost [19-11-12] At the International Conference on Alternative Development (ICAD), held in Lima from 14 to 16 November, the Peruvian Government supported by the UNODC...
UN International Guiding Principles on Alternative Development [09-11-12] In November 2011 I was invited by the Thai government to take part in an international delegation to develop a set of UN International Guiding Princip...
IDPC response to the UNODC World Drug Report 2012 [31-10-12] This IDPC response to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s flagship publication, the World Drug Report, provides an overview of the ...
UK aid to Iran's war on drugs has led to rise in hangings, UN warns [28-10-12] Britain's funding of Iran's anti-drugs trafficking programmes has been called into question after a UN watchdog expressed alarm at a sharp r...
Governing The Global Drug Wars [23-10-12] Since 1909 the international community has worked to eradicate the abuse of narcotics. A century on, the efforts are widely acknowledged to have fa...
Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico Urge UN to Review Global Drug Policy [04-10-12] Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala delivered a landmark declaration to the United Nations Secretary General calling on the organization to lead a debate o...
How International Aid for Drug Enforcement Fuels Human Rights Abuses [02-10-12] It is increasingly clear that there is a fundamental lack of oversight of how international aid – provided by the US, Europe and the United Nations to...
The 2012 Commission on Narcotic Drugs [30-04-12] The year 2012 marks the centenary of the international drug control system and the first instance of a state being moved to denounce formally any of t...
IDPC response to the UNODC 2011 World Drug Report [01-09-11] This IDPC response to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s flagship publication, the World Drug Report, provides an overview of th...
The 2011 Commission on Narcotic Drugs [25-03-11] The 54th Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was the first for the new Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr....
The 2009 World Drug Report [01-10-09] The World Drug Report 2009 was the first publication of note to come from the UNODC since the High Level Segment of the 52nd session of the Commissi...
Call to Action: Support Global Drug Policy Reform [25-06-09] Call to Action World Drug Day, 26 June 2009 As the United Nations launches the 2009 World Drug Report this week, more than 40 international groups a...
Vienna Consensus on Drug Policy Cracks [07-04-09] A clear divide in drug control approaches became apparent at the end of the High Level Segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on March 11-1...
Global Illicit Drug Markets 1998-2007 [15-03-09] This report commissioned by the European Commission, found no evidence that the global drug problem has been reduced during the period from 1998 to 20...
Political Declaration already ridiculed [08-03-09] News about the disappointing content of the Political Declaration to be adopted at the High Level Segment of the 52nd Commission on Narcotic Drugs (...
Trees for Ecstasy [04-02-09] Many people believe that ecstasy is merely a synthetic drug that is manufactured solely with chemicals, so-called precursors. However, the main raw ma...
UNGASS review reaches critical stage [03-11-08] Transnational Institute, November 2008 The review of the objectives and action plans agreed at the 1998 UNGASS on Drugs has reached a critical stage....
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