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UNODC REGIONAL OFFICE FOR RUSSIA AND BELARUS

The UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997, UNODC consists of the Drug Programme and the Crime Programme. UNODC has approximately 500 staff members worldwide. Its headquarters are in Vienna and it has 21 field offices as well as liaison offices in New York.

UNODC opened its regional office for the Russian Federation and Belarus in July 1999. The decision to open an office in Moscow is designed to support the commitment of the Government in responding to the challenges posed by drugs and crime. The UNODC Regional Office for Russia and Belarus (RORB) is working actively to raise awareness of dangers of drug abuse and to strengthen action against drug production, trafficking and drug-related crimes. RORB focuses and enhances its capacity to address crime and violence in the region where organized crime and terrorism are expanding, bringing with them destruction, intimidation and corruption.

Diversification of HIV Prevention and Drug Treatment Services for Drug Users in Belarus, Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine
The project aims at the improvement of a range of effective HIV prevention and drug treatment services accessible to injecting and other drug users in the four countries. An emphasis is made on a combination of outreach, low-threshold, out-patient and in-patient provision of HIV/AIDS prevention education, access to condoms and clean injecting equipment, counseling, detoxification, treatment and rehabilitation.
The project supports the replication of existing successful initiatives in the region and the development of linkages between various services to meet the other health and social needs of drug users.
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Preparatory assistance for diversification of HIV prevention and drug treatment services for drug users in Belarus, Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine
This effort is the basis for the development of a bigger regional project for the improvement of the range of effective HIV prevention and drug treatment services accessible to injecting and other drug users in the four countries.
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Drug demand reduction and HIV prevention among intravenous drug users (IDUs) in the Moscow region
The project increases the availability and accessibility of counseling and treatment for injecting drug users in the city of Mytischi, Moscow region, to decrease the incidence of HIV infections among injecting drug users and to increase UNODC's technical capacities for HIV prevention among injecting drug users.
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Global Initiative on Primary Prevention of Substance Abuse
The UNODC/WHO Global Initiative on Primary Prevention of Substance Abuse mobilizes communities to prevent substance abuse among young people and documents the process to identify and disseminate best practices. The project aims to prevent the use and abuse of all psychoactive substances, including tobacco, alcohol, licit and illicit drugs.
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Improvement of professional skills of law enforcement officers from CIS Members States in drug law enforcement and combating of organized crime
The project provides assistance for upgrading facilities and training programmes for law enforcement officers from Russia and other Community of Independent States (CIS) Member States involved in the investigation of drug-related and organized crime. The project is based at the international inter-agency training center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and involves application of modern training methodologies and the use of international experts.
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Regional Office for Russia and Belarus

28 Ostozhenka, Moscow, Russia, 119034

Telephone: +7(095) 787 2121

Fax: +7(095) 787 2129

E-mail: office@unodc.ru

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