Learn about

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

and Cannabis.

The Cannabis Embassy’s Permanent Mission to Vienna, New-York, Nairobi, and the Hague (part of the Ministry of External Affairs) has published 6 articles about Cannabis & UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is the UN Secretariat entity mandated to assist Member States in their “fight” against illicit drugs, crime, terrorism, and corruption. It also acts as the Secretariat for the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and hosts the CND’s meetings in its Vienna headquarters. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is also hosted by UNODC.

UNODC further carries treaty-mandated roles under the three International Drug Control Conventions (IDCC), which vest certain functions in the UN Secretary-General, who then delegates them to UNODC. The Office also produces research, technical assistance, and normative guidance that influence how States implement Cannabis-related drug control policy worldwide.

The Cannabis Embassy follows UNODC’s work closely, given its central administrative and normative role within the international drug control system.

This topic is handled by the Permanent Mission to Vienna (and New-York, Nairobi, the Hague) under the Cannabis Embassy’s Ministry of External Affairs

The Cannabis Embassy’s Permanent Mission in Vienna (PM Vienna) is the Cannabis Embassy Government‘s body (under the Ministry of External Affairs) mandated to interact with international organisations headquartered in Vienna (Wien) as well as New-York, Nairobi, and The Hague (Den Haag).

Currently, the PM Geneva is engaged with:

  • CND. Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Vienna)
  • ECOSOC. UN Economic and Social Council (New-York)
  • ICJ-CIJ. International Court of Justice (Den Haag)
  • INCB. International Narcotics Control Board (Vienna)
  • OLA. Office of Legal Affairs (New-York)
  • UNEP. United Nations Environment Programme (Nairobi)
  • UNGA. United Nations General Assembly (New-York)
  • UN-Habitat. United Nations Human Settlements Programme (Nairobi)
  • UNODC. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Vienna)
  • UNSG. United Nations Secretary-General (New-York)