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Qatar's national team for the implementation of the United Nations Convention

Doha - Arab Today

Qatar's national team for the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption continued meetings, chaired by HE Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, to discuss what has been done so far in preparing a national strategy to promote integrity and transparency. In a press release, the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority saidRead more

Egyptian Interior Ministry team in Tunisia to attend Arab police

Tunis - Arab Today

An Egyptian Interior Ministry delegation arrived in Tunisia early Tuesday to attend the 40th Conference of Arab Police and Security Leaders. The conference - under the aegis of Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi - will kick off on Wednesday. Secretary General of the Arab Interior Ministers Council Sheikh Khalifa ben Ahmed Al Khalifa will chair the conference. Arab security leadershipsRead more

Arab League meeting on suicide-combat to be held Wednesday

Cairo - Arab Today

The first meeting of a follow-up committee of a regional Arab program, will be held on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Arab League (AL) General Secretariat in Cairo. The committee is meant to prevent and combat crimes, terrorism and health threats, while promoting the criminal justice system in line with the human rights international standards for the years (2016-2021).Read more

UN: Afghan opium cultivation up nearly half

Kabul - Arab Today

Afghanistan saw a 10 percent jump in opium cultivation this year because of bumper harvests, collapsing eradication efforts due to growing insecurity and declining international aid to combat drugs, the UN said Sunday. Cultivation dropped last year due to drought but it has been on the rise in the past decade, fueling the Taliban insurgency and spurring a growing crisisRead more

UN: Opium crops spread in Afghanistan as Taliban gains ground

Kabul - Arab Today

The cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan, the world's main source of heroin, has risen to its third-highest level in more than 20 years, the United Nations has said, as the Taliban insurgency gains ground, ABC News reported on Sunday. In the key findings of its annual Afghanistan opium survey, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) saidRead more

Assistant Foreign Minister meets executive director of UNODC

Cairo - Arab Today

Assistant Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs Mahmoud Sami met with Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov and his accompanying delegation. Representative of the ministries of health, interior and justice as well as the general prosecutor office attended the meeting. The two sides discussed means of promoting joint cooperation in the field ofRead more

UNODC's executive director wraps up Egypt visit

Cairo - Arab Today

Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yuri Fedotov left here Wednesday for Vienna at the end of his four-day visit to Egypt. During his visit, Fedotov met with a host of officials at the ministries of foreign affairs, interior, justice, health and social solidarity to discuss mutual issues, topped by ways of confronting terrorismRead more

Interior minister probes with UN official efforts to confront crimes, suicide, illegal immigration

Cairo - Arab Today

Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar met in his office Tuesday with Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yuri Viktorovich Fedotov currently visiting Cairo at the head of a high-level delegation and discussed with him a number of issues of mutual concern. Emerging from the meeting, Fedotov, a former Russian diplomat, stressed the importanceRead more