UNODC Media advisory & invitation: 13:00 Wed 26 June, presentation of World Drug Report 2013, at Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), Bangkok

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
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