What drives demand for migrant and refugee smuggling in Southeast Asia? New research from UNODC Bangkok, 26 March 2024 Tens of thousands of people are smuggled every year in Southeast Asia because of...
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What drives demand for migrant and refugee smuggling in Southeast Asia? New research from UNODC Bangkok, 26 March 2024 Tens of thousands of people are smuggled every year in Southeast Asia because of...
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Golden Triangle opium economy sees steady growth in 2023 Bangkok (Thailand), 12 December 2023 – Opium cultivation in the Golden Triangle continued to expand over the past year, with a significant...
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Principaux messages Alors que l’année 2023 marque la mi-parcours de la poursuite des objectifs de développement durable (ODD), le phénomène mondial de la drogue continue d’entraver la réalisation des...
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Mensajes clave El año 2023 marca el ecuador de los trabajos que conducen a la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). El fenómeno mundial de las drogas sigue poniendo en peligro...
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UNODC World Drug Report 2023 warns of converging crises as illicit drug markets continue to expand. New estimates of people who inject drugs are higher than previously estimated as treatment services...
UNODC Report – major opium economy expansion is underway in Myanmar Bangkok (Thailand), 26 January 2023 – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) opium survey for Myanmar has found that...
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UN calls on States to address trafficking and smuggling in light of new challenges in Asia-Pacific IOM, UNHCR, UNODC joint press statement Bangkok – In wake of the Bali Process celebrating its 20th...
UNODC in Myanmar aims to prevent drug abuse, enhance access to community-based drug treatment & reintegration services, especially among vulnerable populations. "My son wanted to stop using drug, but...
Key Findings In 2021, the area under opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar was estimated at 30,200 (23,900 to 44,600) hectares. In comparison to 2020, the area under opium cultivation has slightly...
Key Findings In 2020, the area under opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar was estimated at 29,500 (21,000 to 50,400) hectares. In comparison to 2019, the area under opium cultivation has decreased by...
Yangon (Myanmar), 3 July 2020 - UNODC provided guidance on how to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Kachin State, Myanmar. The guidance is aimed at...
UNODC and the Myanmar Police Force (MPF) took an important step towards improving border security and mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 today, as UNODC handed over significant quantities of personal...
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Bangkok– Five years on from the 2015 ‘boat crisis’ in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, in which thousands of refugees and migrants in distress at sea were denied life-saving care and support, we...
Myanmar opium cultivation drops again as the regional drug economy continues to evolve Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar), 5 February 2020 - Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar declined a further 11 per cent in...
Executive summary Poppy‐growing villages face serious challenges to meet Sustainable Development Goals About one in nine households in Shan State were directly involved in opium poppy cultivation in...
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Key findings In 2018, the area under opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar was estimated at 37,300 hectares. In comparison to 2017, the area under opium cultivation decreased, continuing the downward...
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22 June 2017 - In 2015 about a quarter of a billion people used drugs. Of these, around 29.5 million people - or 0.6 per cent of the global adult population - were engaged in problematic use and...
Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar) 27 June 2016 – In an effort to raise awareness and strengthen Myanmar’s response to the production, trafficking and use of illicit drugs, UNODC and the Government of Myanmar...
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New UNODC survey notes stable opium cultivation in Lao PDR and Myanmar, cautions more needs to be done to address underlying causes of illicit cultivation. Vienna, 15 December 2015 - Opium poppy...
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We, the undersigned*, welcome the convening later this week of the Emergency ASEAN Ministerial meeting on Transnational Crime: Irregular Movement of Persons in the South East Asia Region. The meeting...