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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a United Nations agency that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the United Nations Office at Vienna,[1] then renamed in 2002. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP and the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP are part of the United Nations Office The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV is one of the four major UN office sites where several different UN agencies have a joint presence [2]

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, international terrorism, and corruption. These goals are pursued through three primary functions: research, guidance and support to governments in the adoption and implementation of various crime-, drug-, terrorism-, and corruption-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, with 21 field offices and a New York City liaison office. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. The City of New York The agency is led by an Executive Director appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. 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. Antonio Maria Costa is an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, appointed in May 2002 to the positions of Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV is one of the four major UN office sites where several different UN agencies have a joint presence The long-term aims of the office are to better equip governments to handle drug-, crime-, terrorism-, and corruption-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 inception, the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP), as well as the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ). The United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP and the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP are part of the United Nations Office UNODC also incorporates the secretariat of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB is the independent and quasi-judicial control organ for the implementation of the United Nations drug conventions

References

  1. ^ United Nations General Assembly Document 950 session 51 Renewing the United Nations: A Programme for Reform page 49 on 14 July 1997
  2. ^ United Nations Secretariat Secretary-General's Bulletin Organization of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime page 1 on 15 March 2004

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