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"Impossible" to end drug trade, says Calderón [23-11-12]	Ending the consumption and the trafficking of illegal drugs is “impossible”, according to Felipe Calderón, Mexico’s outgoing president. In an intervie...
Refreshing Costa's memory [08-06-08]	Today, June 8, it is 10 years ago that the world leaders gathered in New York for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the ...
Background briefing on UNGASS [22-02-08]	Background on the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drug Control Martin Jelsma TNI Briefing, March 1998 The Special Session of th...
Breaking the Impasse [01-07-02]	The past decade has seen an increasing polarisation between divergent trends in global drug policies. On the one hand, there has been an escalation ...
New Possibilities for Change in International Drug Control [01-12-01]	The Executive Director of the Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP), Pino Arlacchi, will resign mid-2002. Mr. Arlacchi's position b...
UNGASS Resolutions on the world drug problem [22-02-98]	Resolutions and declarations adopted at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS) in New York, June 8-10,...
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