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UNIS/MA/251
17 June 2019
VIENNA, 17 June (UN Information Service) -To introduce the findings of the World Drug Report 2019, media are invited to attend the following events:
1) Pre-briefing on the World Drug Report 2019
Time & Date: 2:00 p.m. on Monday, 24 June 2019
Venue: Vienna International Centre (VIC), C0229, C-Building, 2 nd floor
Registration: Please register for the media pre-briefing no later than Friday, 21 June COB by writing to press.vienna[at]un.org
Angela Me, Chief of the Research and Trend Analysis Branch, Thomas Pietschmann and Kamran Niaz, Research Officers for the World Drug Report, will brief media representatives on the findings of the World Drug Report 2019.
Please note: All information presented at the pre-briefing is UNDER EMBARGO until Wednesday, 26 June 2019 at 00:01 a.m. CEST (25 June 22:01 GMT)
Media representatives who wish to receive an advance copy of the report under embargo should write to helene.spitzer[at]un.org for further information.
2) Official launch of the World Drug Report 2019 during the CND Special Event to commemorate the UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Time & Date: 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Location: Vienna International Centre (VIC), Board Room C, C-Building, 4 th floor
The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, and the Chief of the Research and Trend Analysis Branch, Angela Me, will brief on the main findings of the World Drug Report 2019.
The World Drug Report will be launched during a Special Event of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, chaired by Ambassador Mirghani Abbaker Altayeb Bakhet, Chair of the 62nd session of the CND.
Access the Livestream for the CND Special Event here.
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Media accreditation
Media representatives who wish to participate in the media pre-briefing and/or the launch of the World Drug Report 2019 and who are not accredited to the Vienna International Centre (VIC), please contact press.vienna[at]un.org.
Access to the C-Building is via Gate 1 of the Vienna International Centre (VIC).
Follow the launch of the report on social media via Hashtag #WDR2019 #Health4Justice #Justice4Health.
For further information please contact:
Helene
Spitzer
Public Information Officer, UNODC
Phone: (+43 1) 26060-83091
Email: helene.spitzer[at]un.org
