Press Releases UNODC

2022

22/02/2022

Media Advisory: Press Conference on World Wildlife Day: “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”

24/03/2022

Targeted by traffickers - Ukrainian refugees at high risk of exploitation

14/03/2022

65th session of Commission on Narcotic Drugs discusses implementation of drug policy commitments

10/03/2022

UN Office on Drugs and Crime marks first International Day of Women Judges with call to promote women in the criminal justice sector as agents of change

08/03/2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Office On Drugs and Crime marks first International Day of Women Judges with new Women in Justice/for Justice initiative

08/03/2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Journalists invited to cover the 65th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

04/03/2022

UN approves new statistical framework to measure and characterize femicide for more effective prevention measures

16/05/2022

130 countries meet to advance policies and commitments on cybercrime, criminal justice, and crime prevention at 31st Crime Commission

10/05/2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Journalists invited to cover the 31st session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

27/06/2022

UNODC World Drug Report 2022 highlights trends on cannabis post-legalization, environmental impacts of illicit drugs, and drug use among women and youth

23/06/2022

Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly: Message on International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2022

15/06/2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Roundtable discussion and global launch of the 2022 World Drug Report

29/07/2022

Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly: Message on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

26/07/2022

Message to Media - World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2022

19/08/2022

Statement on International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism

03/08/2022

FIFA and UNODC wrap up year-long global programme to tackle match manipulation in football

10/10/2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Global conference to advance implementation of the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC)

07/11/2022

UN Office on Drugs and Crime participates in 27th UN climate change conference, addressing waste trafficking and environmental crime-biodiversity-climate nexus

01/11/2022

Afghanistan opium cultivation in 2022 up by 32 per cent: UNODC survey

09/12/2022

Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly: Statement on International Day Against Corruption

02/12/2022

“Humanitarian crises and global conflicts are increasing human trafficking” says leading UN Forum