The Executive Representative and Head of the United Nations (UN) Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL), Jens Toyberg-Frandzen, will present the Tenth Report of the Secretary-General on the UN's Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leoneto the Security Council. UNTV
A three-day gathering of regional celebrities, including singer and newly appointed Goodwill Ambassador Farhad Darya, on the problem of illicit drugs concluded today in Kabul, Afghanistan. UNAMA
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, was at UN headquarters today to promote a new look at international drug policy. UNTV / SUNDOG PICTURES
UN Police in Haiti and the country's national police are working with dogs to fight trafficking in drugs and guns. MINUSTAH
Pakistani Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon told the UN Security Council that his country’s “restraint” in reacting to the recent killing and beheading of 17 Pakistani soldiers in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan “should not be taken for granted”. The Taliban today released a video purporting to show the heads of the victims. UNTV
Highlighting the impact of drug abuse around the world, the head of the UN anti-drugs office today said that countering transnational organized crime and illicit drugs must become an integral part of the development agenda. UNTV / FILE
Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe, briefed the Security Council on the findings of an interagency Assessment Mission dispatched by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to assess the impact of the Libyan crisis on the Sahel. Pascoe pointed out that "most of the challenges" affecting the region "predated the Libyan conflict." UNTV
UN Special Representative for West Africa Said Djinnit said today that the situation there is improving and that a number of states have held credible elections. However, he cautioned that piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, organised crime and drug trafficking and groups like Boko Harum in Nigeria continue to pose serious threats to the [...]
The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today praised counter-narcotics ministers from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran on a new agreement that will increase the exchange of information to tackle drug trafficking in the region. UNAMA
The global momentum against human trafficking should be encouraged while focusing on a human rights approach in tackling it, UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay said today during her visit to Moldova.