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UNODC Report shows significant drop in opium poppy cultivation area in Mexico
Institutions
© UNODC Mexico City, 1 July – Opium poppy cultivation has significantly dropped for the first time according to a new report published by UNODC and the Government of Mexico…
Health
Without an urgent injection of cash, billions globally are at risk of still being without lifesaving access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030, according to a new UN report published on Thursday.
Health
Although the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered the roll-out of an “unprecedented number” of new and often innovative social protection measures, it was unable to stem a widening gap between rich…
Health
With cases now doubling in Africa every three weeks, the Delta variant of COVID-19 has spread to 16 countries and it is present in three of the five nations reporting…
Health
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism could result in a more than $4 trillion loss to the global economy, UN trade and development body UNCTAD said on Wednesday in a…
Health
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds “enormous potential” for improving the health of millions around the world if ethics and human rights are at the heart of its design, deployment, and use, the head of…
Institutions
Photo: © UNODC VIENNA, 28 June 2021 - Migrants who use smuggling networks to flee their home countries are often subjected to extreme violence, torture, rape and kidnapping while in…
Institutions
Vienna (Austria), 25 June 2021 – Marking this year’s International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) today held a special event to launch the…
Health
Top UN rights experts appealed on Thursday for all governments to ensure that victims of torture receive the rehabilitation services they need, along with guarantees that those who help them…
Europe
Strasbourg, 24.06.2021 – The 47-nation Council of Europe has published a new series of online country factsheets providing information on each member state’s execution of judgments from the European Court of Human…
