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04 May 2012
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Myanmar
Secretary-General welcomes UNODC assistance to support opium poppy farmers in Myanmar

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4 May 2012 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has witnessed efforts by UNODC and the Government of Myanmar to support alternative development projects for the country's opium poppy farmers. As part of his official visit to Myanmar this week, the Secretary-General travelled to the southern Shan village of Kyauk Ka Cha to highlight the importance of addressing the relationship between food insecurity, poverty, poppy cultivation and armed conflict.

17 Apr 2012
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Opium Survey 2012: Opium Risk Assessment for all Regions (Phase 1&2)

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In 2012, the Opium Risk Assessment is carried out in two phases similar to last year. The first phase was carried out in December 2011 and January 2012 and covered the Central, Eastern, Southern and Western region, where opium is sown in fall 2011.

20 Mar 2012
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Afghanistan
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UNODC, UNIDO join forces to promote development in rural communities dependent on drug crops

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UNODC and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will join forces to promote grass-roots development in poor rural communities dependent on the cultivation of illicit drug crops.

An agreement on this was signed in Vienna today by UNODC Executive Director, Yury Fedotov, and UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella.

08 Mar 2012
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World
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UNODC supports rural women to improve health and alternative livelihoods

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06 Mar 2012
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Afghanistan
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Japan contributes nearly $23 million to support UNODC work in Afghanistan and region

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The Government of Japan is to supplement its voluntary funding to projects in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries by $13.6 million as part of its "Aid to Afghanistan" initiative. This follows some $9 million donated from Japan's Peacebuilding Grant in January to strengthen the Afghan criminal justice system, bringing the country's overall funding to UNODC to roughly $23 million.

22 Feb 2012
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Somalia
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Ransom money laundered by pirates affects stability in the Horn of Africa, says UNODC chief

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22 February 2012 - In 2011, pirates made some $170 million in ransom money for hijacked vessels and their crews. That figure represents an increase since 2010, when ransoms paid amounted to over $110 million, according to UNODC.

Ransom money is increasingly flowing into the legal financial system, while the laundering of the proceeds of piracy is causing consumer prices to rise steeply in the Horn of Africa and the surrounding area.

25 Jan 2012
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World
Children in the justice system need protection

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Millions of children all over the world suffer from violence. Studies reveal that children in the juvenile justice system, and in particular those deprived of their liberty, are especially vulnerable to violence. UNICEF estimates that over one million children are currently deprived of their liberty across the globe.

25 Jan 2012
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Afghanistan
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UNODC and the Government of Japan sign US$ 9 million Grant Agreement

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25 January 2012 - UNODC and the Government of Japan signed a $9 million grant agreement to build capacity in the criminal justice sector of Balkh, Bamyan and Herat provinces, in support of the Government of Afghanistan's effort to strengthen the rule of law in the country. The signing ceremony took place on 24 January at the Ministry of Justice and the project was signed by Ms. Ashita Mittal, Deputy Representative of UNODC Afghanistan and Mr. Seiji Okada, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Japan, in the presence of the Acting Minister Mr. Sayed Yonsuf Halim.

12 Jan 2012
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Opium Survey 2011

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Afghan opium prices soar as production rises

12 January 2012 - Vienna - The full Afghan Opium Survey for 2011 points to a dramatic 133 per cent increase in the farm-gate value of opium compared with 2010 (the summary findings of the survey were issued in September 2011). Released today by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics of Afghanistan and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the survey reveals that the farm-gate income of opium probably amounted to over US$ 1.4 billion, equivalent to 9 per cent of the GDP of Afghanistan in 2011.

05 Jan 2012
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Afghanistan
House of Hope helps Afghan women prisoners to reintegrate into society

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5 January 2012 - Upon their release from prison, female inmates in Afghanistan often have nowhere to go. Frequently mothers of young children, former prisoners may face rejection by their communities and families, and lack a safe place to receive help with their reintegration into society. As of January 2011, Afghanistan's prisons held nearly 600 women and over 280 minors.

16 Dec 2011
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Improving forensic services in the occupied Palestinian territories

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16 December 2011 - The Palestinian National Authority and UNODC have launched a US$10.9 million project to help improve the application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of crime in the occupied Palestinian territories.

15 Dec 2011
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Myanmar
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Opium cultivation up significantly in Myanmar and Lao PDR, UNODC warns

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UN officials say food insecurity, ethnic conflicts and poverty responsible for surge

Bangkok (Thailand), 15 December 2011 – Opium poppy cultivation has doubled in South‐East Asia since 2006, according to a report released by UNODC in Bangkok today. Myanmar accounts for the vast majority of this opium, and during the past 5 years the cultivation in this country has increased remorselessly. The regional cultivation figure for 2011 is 16 per cent higher than in the preceding year, the report says.

08 Dec 2011
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Afghanistan
UNODC strengthens counter-narcotics assistance to Afghanistan and neighbouring countries

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High-level government ministers from Afghanistan and neighbouring countries today launched the UNODC 2011- 2014 Regional Programme to boost coordinated counter-narcotics efforts and regional stability. The launch follows the International Conference on Afghanistan held in the German city of Bonn to set the future course for Afghanistan after the 2014 handover of power to the Afghan Government.

28 Nov 2011
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Afghanistan
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Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan deepen cooperation to combat threats posed by illicit drugs

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Kabul - 28 November - Amid concerns over the rising production and value of Afghan opium, Ministers from Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan met today in Kabul to enhance responses to regional security challenges. “More than ever, we must emphasize shared responsibility in our strategies to counter shared threats”, said Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

28 Nov 2011
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Afghanistan
UNODC Executive Director and Afghan President meet against backdrop of mounting drug production

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UNODC Executive Director and Afghan President meet against backdrop of mounting drug production

25 Nov 2011
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World
UNODC helps to eliminate violence against women

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25 November 2011 - Today, the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In his message to commemorate the Day, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "Violence against women and girls takes many forms and is widespread throughout the globe. Whether in developing or developed countries, the pervasiveness of this violence should shock us all. Violence - and in many cases the mere threat of it - is one of the most significant barriers to women's full equality."

30 Oct 2011
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Guinea-Bissau
The cocaine gateway: West Africa and drug trafficking

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27 October 2011 - As West Africa, a major gateway for cocaine smuggled from South America into Europe, continues to attract traffickers, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov has visited Guinea-Bissau, accompanied by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Said Djinnit. During his visit, Mr. Fedotov discussed several drug-related security issues with President Malam Bacai Sanhá and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior.