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August 6, 2022

INCB convenes a global conference for operational officers on the interdiction of fentanyls, other synthetic opioids and related dangerous substances

VIENNA 5 August 2022 - The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) convened a global operational conference on opioids from 1-5 August 2020 in Vienna, Austria. The meeting brought together law enforcement officers and international and private sector partners to address the trafficking of fentanyls, other synthetic opioids and related dangerous substances...[Read more]

June 24, 2022

Statement by Jagjit Pavadia, President of the International Narcotics Control Board, for International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

VIENNA, 24 June (UN Information Service) - On the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) highlights the importance of ensuring availability of internationally controlled substances for medical purposes.....[Read more]

June 23, 2022

Emergency in Afghanistan

VIENNA, 23 June 2022 - With an earthquake of magnitude 5.9M that struck Afghanistan yesterday, the acute humanitarian needs resulting from the emergency situations requires urgent action to ensure shipments of medications, including medicines containing internationally controlled narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.... [Read more...]

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Jagjit Pavadia, 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.

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