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Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov: Remarks at the Security Council Debate on the situation in Afghanistan

  21 December 2017 VIENNA/NEW YORK, 21 December 2017 (UN Information Service) — When I addressed this Council on Afghanistan a year ago, I reported that UNODC’s 2016 Afghan opium survey showed a worrying reversal in efforts to counter the drug problem, and highlighted the need to address this destructive threat. One year later, the …

Making Macroprudential Policy Work – Remarks by José Viñals

Brookings Event September 16, 2013As prepared for delivery I. Introduction Good morning. Let me thank the Brookings Institution for hosting us today and Doug Elliott for his insightful opening remarks. I would like to focus on one of the key challenges facing today’s generation of policymakers—how to make macroprudentialpolicy work. The global efforts to meet this …

Remarks at the U.S.-India CEO Forum

William J. Burns Deputy Secretary of State Washington, DC July 12, 2013 Good morning. I am delighted to welcome all of you to the State Department’s Benjamin Franklin Room. I am especially pleased to welcome our guests from the Government of India, Finance Minister Chidambaram, Minister of Commerce Sharma, and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Ahluwalia. I …

Just another post in the wall

I was out for a day. Out of the city, sans my mobile phone and deliberately unwired – no laptop, no tablet, no android, no blackberry – absolutely unarmed, unprotected, a sitting bird (as opposed to birds of a feather tweeting together). It was like going to a detox center. Socialaholics  Anonymous. Naturally the moment …