The United Nations General Assembly will hold a thematic debate on drugs and crime as a threat to development on Tuesday 26 June in New York. The event, convened on the UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, highlights the impact of drugs and crime on poverty alleviation and the Millennium Development Goals, and discusses ways of improving the international community’s coordinated efforts to address the adverse impact of drugs and crime on development.
Background, Objective, Programme
At the forum, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov will launch the 2012 World Drug Report.
Webcast of the event on Tuesday 26 June from 10 am -1pm; and from 3pm -6pm EST (New York time).
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