INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Alexander Fedulov, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Iran Country Representative, has said Iran should provide
international community, while becoming more familiar with the countermeasures of the Islamic Republic of Iran, should provide more support
for the fight against narcotics in this country, the UNODC official stressed.Fedulov referred to the strengthening of the Joint Planning
Cell (JPC) and conducting joint activities with other countries in the fight against drug trafficking as effective countermeasures and
emphasized the need to boost cooperation.Kakavand, for his part, said the Islamic Republic of Iran has always been decisive and serious in
the field of dealing with narcotics at the regional and global level, and the proof of this claim is more than 4,000 martyrs in this
importance to the regional and global role of Iran in the fight against narcotics and, as a leading United Nations agency, wishes to provide
practical assistance to the Government of the Islamic Republic.The UNODC Office attaches special importance to the regional and global role
of the Islamic Republic in the fight against narcotics, and the discovery of narcotics by the law-enforcement forces of Iran shows the
"Border Management and Trafficking", "Drug Prevention, Treatment, Rehabilitation, and HIV Care" and "Alternative Development and Sustainable
Livelihoods", ISNA reported.The second area of our cooperation is reducing the demand for drugs
I should mention that the areas of cooperation include increasing the capacities of service providers, piloting a capable family program;
implementing a bio-dynamic plan prevention program, and establishing a regional center for the treatment of drug addicts.UNODC has also
42/112 of 7 December 1987, the General Assembly decided to observe June 26 as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking as an expression of its determination to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free
