UNODC assures Bangladesh in controlling drugs

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has assured of providing all kinds of assistance to Bangladesh in controlling drugs and preventing crimes and corruption.

The assurance came at a bilateral meeting of Law Minister Anisul Huq and Bangladesh delegation with UNODC’s director general at Vienna, the capital of Austria this afternoon.      

The meeting was held as a side discussion at the three-day 10th session of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Implementation Review Group (IRG) in Vienna, a law ministry press release said.

At the meeting, the UNODC’s director general has assured of establishing the national drug rehabilitation centre and of checking terrorism-related crimes in Bangladesh.

Besides, the UNODC has also assured of providing assistance to the country’s (Bangladesh) officials and employees in order to prevent corruption.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood, Law Ministry’s Legislative and Parliament Affairs Secretary Mohammad Shahidul Haque and Bangladesh’s ambassador to Vienna Md Abu Zafar were among the Bangladesh delegation at the meeting, according to the press release.