These new funds will complement ongoing UNODC efforts to assist Laos in meeting global standards for the treatment and prevention of substance use disorders and help farmers create sustainable alternatives to cultivating crops that are used to produce illicit substances.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 11 August, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, Statements | Tags: Laos, Narcotics, prevention, treatment, UNODC
This UNODC project facilitates legitimate trade and provides border control officials with the skills to correctly identify and stop cargo consignments of interest, while confidently releasing the bulk of goods into commerce.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 7 August, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, Statements | Tags: Narcotics, narcotics trafficking, precursors, UNODC, Vietnam, wildlife trafficking
The U.S. contribution to this UNODC project, made official in April, will use targeted interventions to rapidly increase the number of investigations and prosecutions of human trafficking cases in the Kyrgyz Republic.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 14 July, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Human Trafficking, Kyrgyzstan, UNODC
This financial contribution will help the government of Tajikistan develop a comprehensive training plan to build capacities of law enforcement bodies to investigate and prosecute organized criminal groups engaged in narcotics trafficking.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 17 June, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: INL, narcotics trafficking, Tajikistan, UNODC
As delivered by DCM Nicole Shampaine at the 63rd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Agenda Item 4: Strategic Management, Administrative, and Budget Issues.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 3 March, 2020 | Topics: Statements | Tags: CND, Drugs, UNODC
As delivered by James A. Walsh, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, at the 63rd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 2 March, 2020 | Topics: Statements | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, CND, Drugs, UNODC
The United States will build on President Trump’s Call to Action on the World Drug Problem.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 2 March, 2020 | Topics: Statements | Tags: CND, Drugs, UNODC
U.S. Statement under Agenda Item 8 of the Reconvened Session of the 62nd Session of the CND and Agenda Item 4 of the Reconvened Session of the 28th Session of the CCPCJ: Strategic Management, Budgetary and Administrative Questions.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 12 December, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Statements | Tags: CCPCJ, CND, UNODC
Opening Remarks at the International Society of Drug Use Professionals (ISSUP) Fifth Annual Workshop, as delivered by Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, July 1, 2019.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 1 July, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Statements | Tags: Drugs, ISSUP, Narcotics, UNODC
Today, in a demonstration of the continued U.S. commitment to improved security and development in Somalia, the United States announced an $11.4 million contribution to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) initiative to support Somalia’s policing and justice efforts. This funding will allow the UNODC to further build the capacity of the ...
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By thomasja3 | 22 May, 2019 | Topics: Africa, Deputy Chief of Mission, Press Releases | Tags: CCPCJ, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, contribution, Somalia, United Nations office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC
U.S. Opening Remarks Delivered by Ambassador Jackie Wolcott United Nations, Vienna May 20, 2019 Madame Chair, allow me to thank the Extended Bureau, Director Fedotov, and UNODC for organizing this session. On behalf of the United States, I offer my condolences to the family of Dmitri Vlassis – and all of UNODC – on ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 20 May, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Statements | Tags: Ambassador, Ambassador Wolcott, CCPCJ, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Jackie Wolcott, United Nations office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC
Thank you, Madam Chair. Before I begin my comments on the CND, I would like to note that today is a National Day of Mourning throughout the United States and our embassies and missions around the world, in honor of my country’s 41st President, George H.W. Bush. I thank those of you who have expressed ...
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By peterscj | 6 December, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches, Statements | Tags: CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Drugs, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, Synthetic Opioids, UNODC
Thank you, Chair, for offering me the floor to speak on such an important topic. Thank you to the UNODC Secretariat for supporting preparations for this expert meeting, which the Commission requested last year in Resolution 61/8 to learn more about the challenges posed by the non-medical use of synthetic opioids and to propose core ...
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By peterscj | 3 December, 2018 | Topics: News, Speeches, Statements | Tags: CND, Fentanyl, INCB, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, Synthetic Opioids, UNODC, WHO
Opening Statement as delivered by James A. Walsh, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State Vienna, October 16, 2018 Thank you, Madame President. We came together to commit ourselves to countering the threats that stem from transnational organized crime in 2003, when this Convention came into ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 16 October, 2018 | Topics: Speeches, Statements | Tags: INL, PDAS, Transnational Organized Crime, United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, United Nations office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, UNTOC
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP IS TAKING ACTION TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING “My Administration will focus on ending the absolutely horrific practice of human trafficking.” – President Donald J. Trump ENDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING: President Donald J. Trump and his Administration are working to end the scourge of human trafficking, also known as modern slavery. • Today, ...
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By peterscj | 12 October, 2018 | Topics: Events, Fact Sheets, News, President Donald Trump, President of the United States | Tags: Human Trafficking, TIP, Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime, UNODC
There is no greater law enforcement challenge today than cybercrime. In the 1980s and 1990s, small criminal organizations grew into global syndicates. Organized crime flourished because groups could operate across borders while law enforcement could not.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 14 May, 2018 | Topics: Statements | Tags: Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Cybercrime, INL, UNODC
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2017 PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP IS TAKING ACTION ON DRUG ADDICTION AND THE OPIOID CRISIS “The best way to prevent drug addiction and overdose is to prevent people from abusing drugs in the first place. If they don’t start, they ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 30 October, 2017 | Topics: News, President Donald Trump, Statements | Tags: INCB, International Narcotics Control Board, United Nations office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC
When you think of the United Nations, what comes to mind? Blue-helmeted peacekeepers in a faraway land perhaps? Or humanitarian workers delivering food aid to refugees? But did you know that the UN is an organization that is helping curb American overdose deaths in the current opioid epidemic? In fact, it is. Last Thursday in ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 22 March, 2017 | Topics: News | Tags: CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, United Nations office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC
Statement of Kara McDonald, United States Department of State 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) United States Intervention after Agenda Item 8(b) Votes on ANPP and NPP Vienna, Austria; March 13, 2017 Thank you Madam Chair. I want to express the gratitude of my government for this show of solidarity and support ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 16 March, 2017 | Topics: News, Statements | Tags: CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, United Nations office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC
Statement of William R. Brownfield, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) Vienna, Austria; March 13, 2017 Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, members of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen. And a special thank you as well to the Secretariat for your ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 13 March, 2017 | Topics: News, Statements | Tags: Commission on Narcotic Drugs, United Nations, United Nations office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC
