United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC

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Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) About

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs, transnational organized crime, terrorism and corruption. Graduate Opportunities What kind of work? The UNODC serves various purposes, including: - Running campaigns - Holding commissions to investigate crime as well as the distribution, spread and usage of illicit drugs around the world. UNODC is seeking qualified, energetic professionals in a wide range of fields to join in the effort to combat the threats posed by drugs, crime and terrorism. UNODC offers challenging assignments - monitoring drug abuse and trafficking trends, helping States achieve substantial reductions in drug supply and demand and assisting countries in forging new partnerships for Location Austria (Headquarters), Branch offices around the world tackling important issues such as money-laundering, smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings. Around 1,500 people work at UNODC headquarters in Student Opportunities Vienna and in field offices around the world. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) accepts unpaid interns on an ad hoc basis. Candidates from developing countries are strongly encouraged to More info: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/about-unodc/employment.html apply for our internship programme. The purpose of the programme is threefold: Fun Fact / Recent Project Internatioanal Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit - To provide a framework enabling enrolled university students from diverse academic and national backgrounds to be temporarily attached UNODC Trafficking UNODC launches campaigns to raise awareness of drugs and crime problems. - To expose university students to the work of the United Nations and to enrich their educational experience through practical work in an international organization - To make available to UNODC, on a temporary basis, the On 26 June every year, UNODC marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. In 2016, the campaign theme is "Listen First" assistance of qualified and motivated university students. The aims is to increase support for prevention of drug Students interested in serving as interns at UNODC should contact the Regional Office in Bangkok or the Country Offices directly, as our internship programmes use that is based on science and is thus an effective investment in the well-being of children and youth, their families and their communities. are administered by each respective office.