Invitation to the presentation of UNODC's "World Drug Report 2013"
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (UNODC ROSEAP), with the support by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), is pleased to invite you to the Bangkok presentation of UNODC's "World Drug Report 2013". The Report is under strict embargo until it is launched at 10:00 VIENNA (15:00 BKK) later that day.
Date: Wednesday 26 June 2013
Time: 13:00 hrs (registration begins at 11:30 hrs)
- Venue: Chidchai Wannasatit Conference Room
- Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB)
5 DinDang Road, Phyathai, Bangkok 10400
The UNODC World Drug Report is an annual publication that provides an overview of the world's drug situation in terms of illicit cultivation, production, trafficking, and abuse with the latest data available. It is launched annually on 26 June to mark World Drug Day – the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
This 2013 World Drug Report gives an overview of recent global trends, highlighting:
- · Recent statistics and trend analysis of illicit drug markets, both globally and for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
· Higher reported levels of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) use in Southeast Asia and of ATS and opiates in China
· New drug trafficking routes, with Afghan heroin competing with locally produced opioids in Southeast Asia
· Higher levels of cocaine seizures in Oceania
· The challenges posed by growing maritime trafficking of illicit drugs
· New psychoactive substances (NPS) – unregulated substances including synthetic and plant-based psychoactive substances that are designed to remain outside the international drug control system – emerging as a major public health concern
The UNODC Regional Office would be grateful if you could confirm your attendance by 17:00 (BKK) Tuesday 25 June 2013 to Ms. Kwanmanas Jitraskoul (Email: fo.thailand@unodc.org or by fax: 66 2281 2129.
Programme
- 12:00 - 13:00 Media luncheon, courtesy of ONCB
12:30 - 13:00 Registration
13:00 Welcome Remarks by Pol. Gen. Pongsapat Pongcharoen, Secretary-General ONCB
Welcome Remarks by Mr. Jeremy Douglas, Regional Representative UNODC
Presentation of World Drug Report 2013
Closing Remarks
- Questions and Answers
14:00 Event ends
For media inquiries, please contact john.bleho@unodc.org.
Map of ONCB location: http://maps.google.co.th/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=1441471978500778448&q=Office+of+the+Narcotics+Control+Board&iwloc=A&gl=TH&hl=en
Kind regards,
John
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John Bleho
Media and Communications Specialist
UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
+66.2.288.2091 (office) +6681.750.0539 (mobile) Skype: john.bleho
