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September 15, 2017

INCB President participates in UNODC 20th anniversary event and meets with Representatives of Member States

Vienna, 15 September 2017 - Speaking at the special event to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Dr. Viroj Sumyai, INCB President, stressed the importance of cooperation between INCB and UNODC...[Read More]

August 21, 2017

INCB condemns acts of violence against persons suspected of drug-related crime and drug use in the Philippines

VIENNA, 18 August (UN Information Service) - The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) notes with great concern reports in the international media of continued acts of violence against persons suspected of drug-related crime and drug use in the Philippines. The Board is also deeply troubled by allegations that these acts have been condoned and encouraged by senior Government officials [Read more]

August 3, 2017

UN News interview: INCB President calls for greater access to treatment for women

Vienna, 1 August 2017 - Dr. Viroj Sumyai, President of the International Narcotics Control Board, presented the Board's Annual Report for 2016 to the Economic and Social Council during his recent mission to United Nations Headquarters in New York and gave an interview to UN News [Read more]

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Viroj SUMYAI
INCB President

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The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is the independent and quasi-judicial monitoring body for the implementation of the United Nations international drug control conventions. It was established in 1968 in accordance with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961. It had predecessors under the former drug control treaties as far back as the time of the League of Nations.