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UNODC is cosponsor of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS
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Senegal Regional Office
Based in Dakar, the Regional Office for West and Central Africa covers 22 countries (15 in West Africa and 7 in Central Africa), where French, English, Portuguese and Spanish are spoken.
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General Presentation |
The mandate of the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime is to be a global leader in the fight against drugs and crime. Established in 2001, the Unodc is the successor organization to the Centre of International Crime Prevention (CICP) and the UN Drug Control Programme (UNDCP). UNODC is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and has 22 national, regional and liaison field offices. UNODC's technical assistance programmes and projects rely on funding from voluntary contributions, particularly from the major donor countries, 90% of its budget. The Executive Director of UNODC is appointed by the Secretery-General of the United Nations, and holdsthe rank of Deputy Secretery-General. The current Executive Director, Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, was appointed in 2001.
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UN Counter-Terrorism Strategy |
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Secretary-General briefs general assembly on global counter-terrorism strategy, says: ‘THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM IS OUR COMMON MISSION’.
Counter-Terrorism Online Handbook Launched |
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Perspectives
The new UNODC magazine, will cover the broad issues of drugs, crime and terrorism from a number of angles and ensure that voices from all over the world are heard. New issue of Perspectives magazine available. here
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Criminal justice assessment toolkit
The Compendium of United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice| more...
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World Drug Report 2006
Presents a comprehensive overview of the global illicit drug situation. The analysis of trends, some going back 10 years or more, is presented in Volume 1. Detailed statistics are presented in Volume 2. Taken together, these volumes provide the most up-to-date view of today's illicit drug situation. | more...
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Recently updated NGO database | more... |
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Electronic edition of the Perspectives magazine |
UNODC's new magazine Perspectives will cover the broad issues of drugs, crime and terrorism from a number of angles and ensure that voices from all over the world are heard. The magazine is available online in English. Relevant articles will be translated to other languages. |
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 UNODC marked the Inter-national Day against Corruption on 9 December 2006, one year after the United Nations Convention against Corruption entered into force. The theme was "You can stop corruption".
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Children and drugs is the theme of the 2006 campaign launched on 26 June, the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This year's slogan is "Drugs are not child's play".
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 UNODC has produced a number of TV and radio public service announce- ments on topics such as human trafficking, HIV/AIDS and corruption - more...
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UNODC Goodwill Ambassadors
 Photojournalist Alessandro Scotti, Olympic gymnastics champion Igor Cassina and actress Julia Ormond travel around the world raising awareness about drug and crime issues.
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Photo News
UNODC
Regional Centre Celebrates International Day against Drug Abuse and
Illicit Trafficking, 25 June 2006, Dakar, Sénégal.
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