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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 …

We must strengthen efforts to safeguard cultural property in conflict areas, UNODC Chief informs Security Council

VIENNA/NEW YORK, 30 November 2017 (UN Information Service) — Countries must be helped to detect stolen cultural property as part of the work to dismantle criminal networks, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, informed the UN Security Council today. “We must take the opportunity to further strengthen …

Security Council Ministerial Open Debate on Trafficking in Persons in Conflict Situations: Forced labour, slavery and other similar practices

Remarks of the Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Yury Fedotov: Security Council Ministerial Open Debate on Trafficking in Persons in Conflict Situations: Forced labour, slavery and other similar practices 15 March 2017 VIENNA, 15 March (UN Information Service) – My thanks to the Security Council and the UK Presidency for your unflagging …