The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime was created by merging the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, and it is headquartered in Vienna. It helps member states to counter illicit drugs, organized crime, corruption and terrorism through research, technical assistance and support in drafting laws. It publishes the annual World Drug Report. It serves as the guardian of the international drug control conventions and of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Convention against Corruption. It operates a network of field offices around the world and is funded mainly by voluntary contributions from governments.
Before and after
- 1997Release of Visual Studio
- from 1997 to 2014Founding of G8
- 1997Establishment of Talampaya National Park
- 1997Establishment of Lorentz National Park
- 1997Founding of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- 1997Founding of Subaru Telescope
- 19971997 becomes the warmest year on record
- 25 January 1997Norwegian rocket incident
- 19 February 1997Death of Deng Xiaoping
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