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The 14th United Nations Crime Congress, which closes Friday in Kyoto, is the first time the United Nations has organized a hybrid conference away from UN Headquarters since the global pandemic began. UNIS VIENNA

International Women’s Day has been marked at the 14th UN Crime Congress in Kyoto, Japan, today with a celebration of women’s contributions to helping create a safer world particularly in the field of criminal justice. UNIS VIENNA

The global economic and social crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic “has caused increased fragility and increased risks of crime,” said the UN Office on Drugs and Crime chief as the 14th Crime Congress started on Sunday in Kyoto, Japan, thus making “this Congress more relevant than any other Congress.” UNIS VIENNA

The 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice – held in a hybrid format amid pandemic restrictions – opened in Kyoto on Sunday with calls for renewing global cooperation against crime to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and recover from the pandemic. UNIS VIENNA

The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly said, “as the Security Council has recognized, linkages between terrorism and organized crime are complex and multifaceted, posing a serious threat to international peace and security.” UNIFEED

Yazidi genocide survivor and UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking Nadia Murad, said, “ignoring the suffering of the Yazidis is unacceptable. The international community must not defer meaningful actions any longer.” UNIFEED

“Measures implemented by governments to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to drug trafficking routes by air being disrupted,” the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said today, “along with a drastic reduction or increased interdiction in trafficking routes over land.” UNIFEED

The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Yury Fedotov said the connections between terrorism and organized crime are “complex” and “shifting” adding that addressing the linkages between the two “requires the international community to work together to close gaps in criminal justice responses and deny criminals and terrorists any safe haven.” UNIFEED

Drug use has caused some 585,000 deaths in 2017, while 35 million people in the world suffer from drug use disorders and require urgent services, according to a new United Nations (UN) report published Wednesday. UNIFEED