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2011-09-27 17:01:00.0 - UNODC, MSAD and EU's 2.5 Million Euro Project

A three-year, 2.5 million Euro UNODC technical assistance project, "Supporting Measures to Combat Corruption and Money Laundering and to Foster Asset Recovery in Egypt"  was launched today at the...

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2011-12-08 16:54:00.0 - The Official Launching of the Forensic Services for...

The Forensic Services for the Palestinian National Authority project was launched on Thursday, 8/12/2011 at Hotel Caesar in Ramallah under the auspices of the Ministers of Interior, Justice and...

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2012-01-02 16:59:00.0 - Arrival of New Regional Representative for the Middle...

On 2 January 2012, Mr Masood Karimipour (USA) assumed his functions as UNODC Regional Representative for the Middle East and North Africa based in Cairo. Prior to joining the Regional Office, Mr....

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2012-02-28 16:59:00.0 - Launch of INCB Report

The  World Drug Report (WDR) 2012 was launched by ROMENA on 2 July 2012 in a press conference at the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Cairo. The report was presented by Mr. Faisal Hegazy,...

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2012-04-10 17:02:00.0 - Justice for Children Roundtable

Seeking to coordinate national efforts to ensure that children have access to justice before, during and after contact with the law, in partnership with the Ministry of Justice, UNODC and Terres des...

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2012-05-14 16:56:05.0 - Partners Meet to Redefine Priorities of the Region

Responding to recent political changes and deep transformation witnessed by the region, including, but not limited to, the outcry to fight corruption, recover stolen assets and reform institutions,...

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2012-05-30 15:33:06.0 - Strengthening Egypt’s Complaint Mechanisms against...

Taking a new practical step towards assisting the Egyptian Government in its fight against corruption, 70 representatives from various national service ministries and governmental agencies, including...

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2012-07-15 13:07:08.0 - Evidence Confirms Alarming Concentrated HIV Epidemic...

26 June 2012, Tripoli - UNODC, UNAIDS, WHO, the European Union and the National Center for Disease Control met to hear the new evidence confirming the suspected concentrated HIV epidemic among people...

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2012-08-15 13:15:52.0 - UNODC Builds Capacities of Egyptian Officials on...

Twenty-two Egyptian officials from the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of State for Administrative Development, the Public Prosecution, the National...

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2012-11-27 09:16:15.0 - Jordanian and Iraqi Officials Receive Anti-Human...

Recently, 33 law enforcement officials from the Jordanian and Iraqi Ministries of Interior gathered in Amman, Jordan, to attend a three-day anti-human trafficking workshop organized jointly by UNODC...

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2013-06-20 15:00:00.0 - Countries of the Region Assess Progress and Set...

A year following its endorsement by the Arab States, the Steering Committee of UNODC Regional Programme on Drug Control, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Reform for the Arab States (2011-2015),...

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2013-12-15 13:21:18.0 - UNODC and the Egyptian Ministry of Justice to...

Responding to the specific needs of the Egyptian society in preventing and combating violence against women and girls in Egypt,the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Regional Office for...

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2014-04-08 12:30:43.0 - Regional judicial cooperation network key in...

Represent-atives of 16 Arab States met in Cairo during the period 25 to 27 February 2014 for a regional workshop on "International and Regional Cooperation on Combating Transnational Organized Crime in...

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2014-05-12 10:39:03.0 - A Step Forward in UNODC Development of Palestinian...

On 1 April 2014, the Palestinian Ministry of Justice signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Jordan. Under this MoU, eight Palestinian doctors, contracted by the Ministry of...

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2014-05-12 13:40:29.0 - UNODC further enhances capacities of Palestinian...

With a view to empowering the Palestinian Civil Police to undertake its investigations more effectively, and within the framework of UNODC ongoing project activities in Palestine, UNODC convened an...

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2014-12-04 14:10:59.0 - Concern about low conviction rates of human...

In a press conference held in United Nations Information Centre in Cairo, Mr. Masood Karimipour, UNODC Regional Representative for the Middle East and North Africa, released the UNODC 2014 Global...

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2015-12-01 08:04:00.0 - UNODC and WCO Kick Off Container Control Programme in...

UNODC and the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the General Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers Council and under the auspices of Jordan, organized the first Regional...

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2015-12-15 11:59:00.0 - New Partnership Framework for fighting Drugs, Crime...

In close partnership with the League of Arab States (LAS) and the 18 Arab countries covered by UNODC " Regional Programme on Combating Drugs, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Reform for the Arab...

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2016-03-02 08:28:00.0 - 55% surge in new drugs according to the 2015 INCB...

02 March 2016 - New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a growing public health challenge, with over 600 new substances reported through October 2015, a 55% increase from 2014, says the 2015 report...

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2016-12-08 14:26:17.0 - On the International Anti-Corruption Day, the world...

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