Chair: Good afternoon dear colleagues, it’s a great pleasure to welcome you for this very special event, dedicated to the commemoration of the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, and the launch of the 2021 world Drug Report. I would like to extend a warm welcome to our distinguished speakers with …
Research and Analysis Branch UNODC
Side event: Africa; strategic findings to understand and address a multi-faceted drug problem
Organized by the UNODC Regional Section for Africa and the Middle East with the support of the UNODC Research and Trend Analysis Branch Alexia Taveau, Programme Coordinator, Regional Section for Africa and the Middle East, UNODC: What we are addressing in this event is particularly timely as UNODC recently launched its strategic vision for Africa …
Side event: Strategic importance of real-time drug data
Organized by the UNODC Research and Trend Analysis Branch with the support of the Group of Friends of UNODC Research H.E. Stephan Klement, Ambassador, European Union Delegation: The EU particularly focuses on real time information. The new drug strategy of 2021-2025 acknowledges the need to addressing existing and evolving challenges of the drug situation, given the …
Side event: Alignment and implementation – Evidence to develop sustainable and conflict-sensitive drug
Organized by the Government of Switzerland, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Research and Trend Analysis Branch, Programme Development and Management Unit, and the London School of Economics Global Challenges Research Fund. Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Director, Division of Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, UNODC (Chair): you might wonder what the title is about, it …
Side event: Opioid crisis: Tramadol in West Africa and other regions
Organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Research and Trend Analysis Branch. Chairman: Justice Tetteh-Chief Laboratory and scientific section, UNODCT: This afternoon we are all gathered to discuss a very important topic that is of interest to many in this room Tramadol, which is a very useful medicine for pain management, however research …