23rd May 2018 Vienna, Austria
The crystals are colourless and brittle. They could be an illegal narcotic substance. How to find out? Here at the UK Mission to the United Nations in Vienna we work closely with the UN office on Drugs and Crime. Policy on drugs, which are produced and consumed in countries across the world, is a classic […]
14th September 2017 Vienna, Austria
On 14 September the UK joins others in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the formation of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, known as the UNODC. The UNODC was set up in 1997 from a merger between the UN’s Drug Control Programme and the UN’s Centre for International Crime Prevention. Today, the UNODC’s work […]
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9th August 2011 Toronto, Canada
This is John Preece bringing you another SIN infographic, this time courtesy of new data from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The FCO is the government department responsible for British interests outside of Britain, and it has three priorities: Keep Britain safe, make Britain prosperous and support British nationals overseas (the Science and Innovation […]
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