United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, UNODC is mandated to assist Member States in addressing the issues of drugs, crime and terrorism. Working in cooperation with our partners and through our network of field offices, UNODC helps Member States facing urgent problems including smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons, wildlife crime, maritime crime, cybercrime and trafficking in illicit drugs, firearms and cultural property. Further, UNODC seeks to combat corruption, reinforce efforts to prevent and counter terrorism, and enhance alternative development and access to controlled substances for medical purposes, promote evidence-based approaches to drug use prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, as well as HIV and AIDS. The Office has a strong collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to reinforce the need to put public health at the core of all responses to the world drug problem. 

The three pillars of the UNODC work programme are:

  1. Field-based technical cooperation projects to enhance the capacity of Member States to counteract illicit drugs, crime and terrorism
  2. Research and analytical work to increase knowledge and understanding of drugs and crime issues and expand the evidence base for policy and operational decisions
  3. Normative work to assist States in the ratification and implementation of the relevant international treaties, the development of domestic legislation on drugs, crime and terrorism, and the provision of secretariat and substantive services to the treaty-based and governing bodies.

UNODC supports Practitioners in Community-Based Settings

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The South Sumatra province has been ranked as the second largest province with people who use drugs, with a prevalence of 5% which approximately corresponds to 326,694 people, and methamphetamine is still the most popular drug of choice in...

UNODC data explained: Drugs

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VNGOC invite you to join us for our next webinar discussing how UNODC works to collect and analyze data on drug related issues, on December 15th at 3PM CET (Vienna time) via Zoom. Simultaneous interpretation in French, Russian & Spanish will be available.

The Science of Skills- Listen First

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On Saturday, 20 November to celebrate World Children’s Day, UNODC is launching Listen First: Science of Skills. The new materials, Science of Skills, feature four animated characters with ‘super skills’ that correlate to social and...

Drug situation in Afghanistan

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This report, published by UNODC, highlights the latest findings and emerging trends relating to the drug situation in Afghanistan.

CND Special Event, Launch of the UNODC Synthetic Drug Strategy 2021-2025

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A special event of the sixty-fourth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, will be held on Friday, 19 November 2021, from 12 noon to 1 p.m., Vienna Time (CEST) online and at the Vienna International Centre.

During this event, the UNODC Synthetic Drug Strategy 2021-2025 will be launched.