Japan pledges over US$ 25 million to support UNODC’s activities against terrorism, organized crime and the world drug problem

Japan pledges over US$ 25 million to support UNODC’s activities against terrorism, organized crime and the world drug problem

27 March 2019 - The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Yury Fedotov, and the Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations in Vienna, Mitsuru Kitano, today exchanged funding agreements worth US$ 25.4 million. The agreements support key UNODC projects for the fiscal year 2019-2020, including on counter-narcotic efforts in Afghanistan and on fighting terrorism and violent extremism.

Published March 27, 2019 at 10:51PM
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