{"id":11922,"date":"2025-07-27T17:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T11:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:52:39","slug":"united-nations-office-on-drugs-and-crime-unodc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/united-nations-office-on-drugs-and-crime-unodc\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent report of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said that over the past 90 years, contaminated medicines killed 1,300 people in 90 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>was established in 1997<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime, in addition to being responsible for implementing the United Nations lead programme on terrorism.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Functions of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It works to <\/span><b>educate people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> throughout the world about the <\/span><b>dangers of drug abuse.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthen international <\/span><b>action against illicit drug production<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and trafficking and drug-related crime.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also works to improve crime prevention and assist with criminal justice reform in order to strengthen the rule of law, promote stable and viable criminal justice systems and combat the growing threats of transnational organized crime and corruption.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2002, the UN General Assembly approved an expanded programme of activities for the Terrorism Prevention Branch of UNODC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The activities focus on providing assistance to States, on request, in ratifying and implementing the eighteen universal legal instruments against terrorism.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Funding:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It relies on voluntary contributions, mainly from governments, to carry out the majority of our work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vienna, Austria<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/contaminated-medicines-killed-1300-people-in-90-years-who-unodc-report\/article69858232.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNODC was established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention. 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