Guest lecture on the topic “The International Drug Control Regime as an Instrument of Regional Collective Security in Central Asia”

May 10, 2017

  On  May 4, 2017 the Law Department of the International Alatoo University with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime organized a guest lecture on the topic: “The International Drug Control Regime as an Instrument of Regional Collective Security in Central Asia”. The guest lecture was given by Mr. Alexander Fedulov, the Head of Program Office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the Kyrgyz Republic (UNODC).

  The target audience of guestlecture were students of law department and department of international relations.

 Mr. Alexander Fedulov told students in detail about the history of international drug control system establishment, the UN conventions on narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as the activities of the UNODC in the Kyrgyz Republic related to the fight against illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Mr. Fedulov  also stressed that international narcotic drug control system must provide internationally applicable control measures in order to ensure the availability of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific purposes, and to prevent their illegal trafficking, cultivation and abuse.

  The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes is part of the UN which deals with fight against drug trafficking and international crime. The UNODC educates people around the world about the dangers of narcotic drug abuse and operates through network of regional offices.

 The International University Alatoo expresses gratitude to Mr. Alexander Fedulov for interesting lecture and hopes for further cooperation.