Drugs and Crime (Archives)

2016

• October 18

  Statement by Minister-Counsellor Mr.Fumito Miyake, at the 8th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime(Agenda Item 1f, General Discussion)

• May 26

  Statement by Mr. Hiroshi KIKUCHI, Assistant Vice Minister of Justice under item 8: Follow-up to the 13th UN Crime Congress and Preparations for the 14th UN Crime Congress

• May 25

  Statement by Minister-Counsellor Mr. Fumito Miyake under Item 3: Item 5. Integration and coordination of efforts by UNODC and Member States in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice (b) Ratification and implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption

• May 24

  Presentation by Mr. Taro Morinaga, UNAFEI Deputy Director on Agenda item 4: Criminal justice responses to prevent and counter terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the financing of terrorism, and technical assistance in support of the implementation of relevant international conventions and protocols

• May 24

  Statement by Mr. Kazuo Sakakibara, Director-General of the Court Proceeding Department, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office under agenda item 4: Criminal justice responses to prevent and counter terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the financing of terrorism, and technical assistance in support of the implementation of relevant international conventions and protocols

• May 23

  Statement by Minister-Counsellor Mr. Fumito Miyake under Item 3: Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions

• March 21

  Statement by Minister-Counsellor Mr. Fumito Miyake under Item 3: Policy directives to the drug programme of the UNODC and strengthening the drug programme and the role of the CND as its governing body, including administrative, budgetary and strategic management questions

• March 14

  National Statement by Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano at Special Segment in 59th CND

2015

• December 14

  Statement by Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano at the High-Level Meeting of Partners for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries

• May 21

  Statement by Minister-Counsellor Mr. Fumito Miyake, on Agenda item 7: Comprehensive and balanced approaches to prevent and adequately respond to new and emerging forms of transnational crime at the 24^th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• May 21

  Statement by Mr. Terutoshi Yamashita, Director, Asia and Far East Institute for thePrevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI) on Agenda item5 (e): Other activities in support of the work of UNODC, at the 24^th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• May 20

  Statement by Minister-Counsellor Mr. Fumito Miyake, on Agenda item5 (c): Ratification and implementation of the international instruments to prevent and combat terrorism, at the 24^th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• May 19

  Statement by Mr. Yukio Kai, Director-General, Guidance and Supervision Department, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office on Agenda item4: Thematic discussion on the follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, at the 24^th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• April 21

  Statement by Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano, on Agenda item 5 at the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Doha, Qatar, 17th April, 2015

• April 21

  Statement by Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano, on Agenda item 4 at the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Doha, Qatar, 17th April, 2015

• March 09

  Statement by H.E. Mr. Tsukasa KAWADA, Representative of the Government of Japan / Ambassador in charge of Countering Terrorism and Organized Crime, at the 58th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

2014

• March 20

  Statement by Mr. Hidehiko Hamada, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan at the 57th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Item 9

• March 17

  Statement by Mr. Hidehiko Hamada, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan at the 57th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Item 12

• March 14

  Statement by Mr. Masatoshi Narita, Councillor for Pharmaceutical Safety, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, at the 57th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs High Level Segment

2013

• March 13

  Statement by H.E. Mr. Tsutomu OSAWA, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, on Agenda item 3 at the 56th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

2012

• April 26

  Statement by Ambassador Mr. Toshiro OZAWA at the 21st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, on Agenda Item 7 : Follow-up to the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• April 24

  Statement by Mr. Hideo MAKUTA, Director, Criminal Affairs Department, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, at the 21st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, on Agenda Item 4: Thematic discussion on the theme ”Violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families”

• March 13

  Statement by Deputy Permanent Representative Ambassador Mr. Tsutomu OSAWA on the occasion of the Special event commemorating the centennial of the signing of the International Opium Convention of 1912

• October 20, 2016

  Japan contributes 2.6 million USD to UNODC project in Uzbekistan

• March 14, 2016

  Japan contributes additional 6.5 million USD to UNODC project in Pakistan

• March 14, 2016

  Japan contributes additional 2.3 million USD to UNODC project in Central Asia

• March 14, 2016

  Japan contributes additional 2,260,000 USD to UNODC project in Tajikistan

• March 8, 2016

  Japan’s contribution of 16 million to UNODC for countering terrorism and supporting Afghanistan and neighboring countries

• March 7, 2016

  Ambassador Kitano Presented donation from Japanese Drug Abuse Prevention Center to the Executive Director of UNODC

• January 16, 2015

  The Second Japan-UNODC Strategic Policy Dialogue

• March 20, 2014

  Ambassador Ozawa Presented donation from Japanese Drug Abuse Prevention Center to the Executive Director of UNODC to support other NGOs’ drug demand reduction or drug preventing activities

• March 28, 2012

  Japanese "Young Civic Ambassadors" support the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime by fund raising towards other NGOs' drug demand reduction or drug prevention activities

Drugs

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  Foreign Policy (Narcotics)

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  Trends in Illicit Drugs and Firearms Smuggling in Japan（Link to Japan Customs）

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  Drug Control in Japan（Link to the National Police Agency)

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  Drug Abuse Prevention Center

Crime

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  Foreign Policy (Crime)

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  Foreign Policy (Terrorism)

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  Salvador Declaration on Comprehensive Strategies for Global Challenges: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Systems and Their Development in a Changing World (Link to the declaration: pdf)

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  UNAFEI (The United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders)

Drugs and Crime

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  UNODC website

• June 23, 2016

  The World Drug Report was released by UNODC

• June 23, 2016

  The World Drug Day 2016: The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the UNODC Executive Director Fedotov sent messages for the international observance.

• December 15, 2015

  Southeast Asia Opium Survey 2015, supported by the Japanese government fund, was released by the UNODC.(Link to Related Article)

• October 29, 2015

  A training workshop in West Africa to identify illicit drugs and their precursors using UNODC field test kits was organized by the UNODC. Japan contributed to the activity.

• June 26, 2015

  The World Drug Report was released by UNODC

• June 26, 2015

  The World Drug Day 2015: The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the UNODC Executive Director Fedotov sent messages for the international observance.

• May 26, 2015

  The Challenge of Synthetic Drugs in East and South-East Asia and Oceania,

   

  supported by the Japanese government fund, was released by the UNODC (Link to the UNODC article)

• June 26, 2014

  The World Drug Report 2014 was released by the UNODC

• June 26, 2014

  The World Drug Day 2014: The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the UNODC Executive Director Fedotov sent messages for the international observance.

• May 20, 2014

  2012 Patterns and Trends of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants and Other Drugs, Asia and the Pacific, supported by the Japanese government fund, was released by the UNODC. （Related external link to the UNODC)

• June 26, 2013

  The World Drug Report 2013 was released by the UNODC (Related UNODC website)

• June 26, 2013

  The World Drug Day 2013 : The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon sent a message for the international campaign

• December 12, 2012

  2012 Patterns and Trends of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants and Other Drugs, Asia and the Pacific (pdf file: 1.32MB), supported by the Japanese government fund, was released by the UNODC. （Related external link to the UNODC)

• July 9, 2012

  Meeting between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakano and Canadian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence Alexander - Japan-Canada Counternarcotics Assistance in Afghanistan - (The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan website)

• June 26, 2012

  The World Drug Report 2012 was released by the UNODC (Related UNODC website)

• June 26, 2012

  The World Drug Day 2012 : The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon sent a message for the international campaign

• June 18, 2012

  Press release for the launch of a Japan and Russia joint project aimed at strengthening the counter-narcotics capacity of the Afghan National Police

• March 13, 2012

  Statement by Deputy Permanent Representative Ambassador Mr. Tsutomu OSAWA on the occasion of the Special event commemorating the centennial of the signing of the International Opium Convention of 1912

• March 5, 2012

  Japanese voluntary contribution to support the UNODC's work in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries (UNODC's website)

• February 16, 2012

  Statement by Ambassador in charge of International Cooperation for Countering Terrorism and International Organized Crime Mr. Tamotsu Shinotsuka at the Third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Initiative