Issue 1, May 2009

Welcome to the UNODC Electronic Newsletter Issue 1 May 2009

A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC and international drugs and crime news.

UNODC News

• UNODC launches world drug campaign website (23 May 2009)
• UNODC Executive Director addresses piracy at US Congress (14 May 2009)
• UN Secretary-General and celebrities unite against human trafficking (14 May 2009)
• UN General Assembly debates human trafficking (13 May 2009)
• Viet Nam conducts first mock trial on money-laundering (12 May 2009)

Highlight

Ross Bleckner appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador against Human Trafficking

On May 12 2009, Academy-award winning actor Nicholas Cage, Alec Baldwin, fashion designers Calvin Klein and Donna Karan, and a host of other celebrities joined the Secretary-General in honouring New York artist Ross Bleckner, who was appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking. The event featured an exhibition of some 200 paintings created by former child soldiers and abducted girls from Gulu, northern Uganda, who had benefited from an art therapy project by Bleckner. [Read More]

Read our latest publications

• Justice in Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime - Model Law and Related Commentary (pdf) (8 May 2009)
• Handbook for parliamentarians on combating trafficking in persons (pdf) (8 April 2009)
• Handbook on Prisoners with Special Needs (pdf) (2 April 2009)
• UNODC Annual Report 2009

Upcoming Events

• 25/26 June 2009 - Launch of World Drug Report and International Drug Day
• 16 June 2009 - Launch of African Union Commission Initiative Against Human Trafficking
• 12 June 2009 - World Day Against Child Labour

Other International Drugs and Crime News

• EMCDDA - EMCDDA publishes study of Internet-based drug treatment interventions (07.05.2009)
• ADB - ADB Invites Comment on Draft Whistleblower Provision Improvements
• ILO - New ILO report says cost of coercion to workers in forced labour surpasses USD 20 billion per year

Resources

• UNODC in pictures
• UNODC in the News

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