VIENNA, 16 July 2018 – The effectiveness of current drug control policies and strategic and innovative approaches to reducing the supply and demand of illicit drugs are the focus of the two-day OSCE-wide anti-drugs conference that opened in Vienna today. The conference brings together some 130 representatives of OSCE participating States and OSCE Partners for Co-operation.
Organized by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship and the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, the event will see representatives of government authorities and experts from drugs-related agencies as well as international, regional and civil society organizations and the private sector develop practical proposals on how the OSCE can enhance its assistance to participating States and Partners for Co-operation in tackling the world drug problem.
