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UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, established in 2004, is the administrative centre, located in Vienna, for the UN programmes on drug control and crime prevention . It operates through its country and regional field offices worldwide, covering over 150 countries.
The three cornerstones of the UNODC work are:
- research and analytical work on drugs and crime issues;
- support the implementation of international treaties among its Member States, as well as the development of domestic legislation on drugs, crime and terrorism;
- technical cooperation projects to enhance the capacity of the Member States to counteract illicit drugs, crime and terrorism.
Documentation
The UNODC official web site provides background information, news, full text conventions, documents and reports.
World Drug Report provides a comprehensive overview of illicit drug trends at the international level. The report is posted at the UNODC official web site.
Global illicit drug trends is an annual statistical report, posted at the UNODC official web site.
Bulletin on Narcotics contains technical and scientific articles on narcotic drugs. It is posted at the UNODC official web site.
Perspectives - the UNODC magazine - covers broad issues of drugs, crime and terrorism. It is posted at the UNODC official web site.
UN crime- and drug-related conventions are posted at the UNODC official web site.
Databases and Indexes
Institutes of the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network is a web portal to the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention, specialized agencies and relevant interregional and regional institutes around the world.
UNODC has launched an anti-corruption portal known as TRACK - Tools and Resources for Anti-Corruption Knowledge. It contains Legal Library, where you can access legal information and links to relevant authorities from over 175 States.