INCB Report calls for drug policies that take women into account, as countries register disproportionate rise in overdoses among females ( Deutsch - Magyar - Slovensky - Slovenščina)
Berlin - Germany (main launch)
2 March 2017, 11:00 am (CET)
By: Werner Sipp, President of the International Narcotics Control Board
Federal Press Office, Room 4, Reichstagufer 14, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Contact details for media enquiries: Michael Seckler, United Nations Regional Information Centre,
Landline: +49 228 815 2774, Mobile: +49 1782181216, seckler[at]uno.de
Athens - Greece
2 March 2017, 12 pm (local time)
By: Dr. George Bardanis, President of the Board of KETHEA, Mr. Vasileios Gkitakos, PhD, KETHEA Director and Mr. Kostas Arvanitis, journalist, Vice-President of the Board of KETHEA
Journalists Union of Athens Daily Newspapers, 20 Akadimias Str, Athens
Contact: Marina Daskalopoulou and Katerina Karaveli, (+30 210 9241993-6, ext. 269 & 223), info[at]kethea.gr
Bangkok - Thailand
3 March 2017, 9.30 am (local time)
By: Dr. Viroj Sumyai, Vice-president of INCB, Mr. Niyom Termsrisuk, Deputy Secretary-General, NCB; Mr. Inshik Sim, Information Analyst of UNODC for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Office of the Narcotics Control Board (Chidchai Vanasatidya Meeting Room), เลข ที่, 5 Thanon Din Daeng, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Contact : Mr. Cheakchon Jungsa-ngasom, Ms. Aomthong Nunta, and Ms. Padcha Wangjaisook Public Relations Officer
Tel. +66 83 820 3870 or +66 2 245 9354.
Bishkek - Kyrgyzstan
3 March 2017, 9:30 am (local time)
By: Colonel Araev Azamat, Head of the counter-narcotics service along with Alexander Fedulov, Head of the UNODC Programme in Kyrgyzstan Counter-Narcotics Service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Interior & UNODC Programme Office in Kyrgyzstan
80 Toktogula street, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Contact: Ms. Vasilina Brazhko, Communication and PR Officer of the UNODC Programme Office in Kyrgyzstan at +996 775 987817 or by vasilina.brazhko[at]unodc.org
Bogota - Colombia
2 March 2017, 8:30 am (local time)
By: Francisco E. Thoumi, INCB Board Member
Address: World Trade Center. Torre C. Calle 100 No. 8A -55. Piso 10.
Contact: Renata Ruiz Mobile: 316 4639016
Cairo - Egypt
2 March 2017, 11 am (local time)
By General Ahmed Kamal Eldin Samak, INCB Board Member; Ali Elbereir, representative of UNODC Programme Office
UNIC Cairo Premises, 1 Osiris Garden City, Cairo
Contact: Bahaa El Koussy , elkoussy[at]un.org
Colombo - Sri Lanka
9 March 11;50 am
By the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Auditorium of NDDCB, 383 Kotte Road, Rajagiriya
Contact: NDDCB 071-8555878, UNODC 077-3572153
Dakar - Senegal
2 March 2017, 3:00 pm
By: Mr. Pierre Lapaque, UNODC Regional Representative for West and Central Africa
Parcelle N° 20 - Route du King Fahd Palace - (ex Méridien Président ) Almadies - Dakar
Media contact point is Mr. Amadou Mansour Diouf; +221 77 577 45 47.
Jakarta - Indonesia
3 March 2017, 10:00 am (local time)
By: Prof. Dr. Sri Suryawati, Rapporteur, International Narcotics Control Board, Ms. Eshila Maravanyika, Director a.i, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Jakarta ; Mr. Collie F. Brown, Country Manager, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Programme Office Indonesia
3A Floor Menara Thamrin Building, Jl. M.H. Thamrin Kav. 3, Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta
Contact: Roland Rohrohmana, Communication Associate, ronald.rohrohmana[at]unodc.org,
Tel : +62-21-2980 2300 ext. 453 Mobile :+62-811 871 7668
Lagos - Nigeria
2 March 2017, 11 am (local time)
By: Acting Director General, National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mrs. Yetunde Oni; Ms. Harsheth Virk, Project Officer, UNODC, Nigeria; Mr. Glen Prichard, Project Coordinator, UNODC, Nigeria; Col Muhammad Mustafa Abdallah (rtd), Chairman/CEO, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
NAFDAC Head Office
3/5 OSHODI EXPRESSWAY, OSHODI- LAGOS, NIGERIA
Mexico City - Mexico
2 March 2017, 10 am (local time)
By: Raúl Martín del Campo, INCB Board Member; Antonio Mazzitelli, UNODC, LPOMEX Representative; Ambassador Joel Hernández, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Director; María José Martínez Ruiz, National Council against Addictions (CONADIC), Technical director; Oscar Aaron Santiago Quintos, Attorney General Office, General director; Lázaro Ávila Berumen, Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks, Advisor coordinator
UNIC Mexico
Montes Urales 440, Sala Mario Molina, Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico City
Contact : Beatriz Guzmán (52 55) 55884426 ext. 102 (52 155) 5434-0868
Minsk - Belarus
2 March 2017, 12:30 pm (local time)
By: Victor Radivinovski, DPI Officer-in-Charge, Ivan Konorazov, Chief Narkologist of the Belarusian Ministry of Health
Minsk, 5 Oktyabrskaya street, National Press Center
New Delhi - India
2 March 2017, 3:30 pm (IST) which is 11:00 am (CET)
By: Mrs. Jagjit Pavadia, First Vice President INCB, Mr. Derk Seegar, Director, UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan, Mr. Sergey Kapinos, Representative, UNODC ROSA,
UN Conference Hall,55 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Media contact point: Ms. Anupama Chouhan Tel: 011-2410-4961/64/66/70/73, Extn :62
Mobile : 9818525181 Email: anupama.chouhan[at]unodc.org
Rabat -
Morocco
2 March 2017, 10:00 am Morocco time (GMT)
By: Prof Jallal Toufiq
UN Compound, 13 Rue Ahmed BALAFREJ -Souissi -Rabat
Media contact point: Fethi Debbabi, UN Information Centre
Tel. +212537750393 Mob. +212659758448 debbabi[at]un.org
