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The 'United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime' (UNODC) is a United Nations agency that was originally founded in 1997 as the ''Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention'', then renamed as UNODC in October 2002. The UNODC was established to assist the UN in better addressing a coordinated, comprehensive response to the interrelated issues of illicit trafficking in, and abuse of drugs, crime prevention and criminal justice, and international terrorism. These goals are persued through three primary functions: research, guidance and support to governments in the adoption and implementation of various crime-, drug- and terrorism-related conventions, treaties and protocols, as well as technical/financial assistance to said governments to face their respective situations and challenges in these fields.
The agency, employing about 500 staff members worldwide, is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with 21 field offices and a New York City liaison office. The agency is led by an Executive Director appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General. Presently, that position is filled by Antonio Maria Costa, an Italian native who also holds the position of Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna. The long-term aims of the office are to better equip governments to handle drug-, crime-, and terrorism-related issues, maximise knowledge on these issues among governmental institution and agencies, and also to maximise awareness of said matters in public opinion, globally, nationally and at community level. Approximately 90% of the Office's funding comes from voluntary contributions, mainly from governments.
Since its insertion, UNODC fully incorporates the former United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP), as well as the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice(CCPCJ). UNODC also incorporates de secretariat of the ''International Narcotics Control Board'' (INCB) (see below)

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★ Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971

★ International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)

★ Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961

External links

★ About Us, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

★ Official website

★ UNODC Region of South Asia website

★ International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)

★ Organization of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Secretary-General's bulletin, ST/SGB/2004/6, 15 March 2004.

★ 2006 World Drug Report

★ UNODC Makes the Case for Ending Cannabis Prohibition, Inadvertently

★ Asia & Pacific Amphetamine-Type Simulants Information Centre - an extensive information source on Amphetamine-Type Stimulants in Asia managed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

★ UN Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking South Asia Office Conference