UN Documents for Drug Trafficking and Security
Selected Security Council Resolutions | View All |
21 November 2017 S/RES/2388 | This was a resolution, unanimously adopted, on the trafficking of persons in conflict situations. |
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements | View All |
18 December 2013 S/PRST/2013/22 | This presidential statement highlighted the impact of drug trafficking in undermining governance in West African countries, as well as the involvement of terrorist groups to finance their activities. |
25 April 2012 S/PRST/2012/16 | This statement expressed concern that illicit cross-border trafficking and movement contributes to challenges and threats on its agenda. |
1 January 2010 S/PRST/2010/4 | This statement noted that drug trafficking and transnational crime were a growing concern, contributed to undermining the authority of states and might threaten the security of countries on its agenda. |
Selected Secretary-General's Reports | View All |
6 December 2018 S/2018/1042 | This was the Secretary-General's report on on trafficking in persons in armed conflict pursuant to Security Council resolution 2388 (2017). |
18 June 2013 S/2013/359 | This Secretary-General's report was on transnational organised crime and illicit drug trafficking in West Africa and the Sahel. |
19 October 2012 S/2012/777 | This report on illicit cross-border trafficking and movement was requested by the Security Council in S/PRST/2012/16. |
Selected Security Council Letters | View All |
31 January 2019 S/2019/98 | This was a concept note by Equatorial Guinea circulated ahead of a Council debate on transnational organised crime at sea. |
5 December 2013 S/2013/728 | This was a concept note from France on the combating of drug trafficking and its consequences for peace and security in West Africa and the Sahel. |
30 November 2009 S/2009/615 | This was the concept paper for the Council open debate on peace and security in Africa: drug trafficking as a threat to international security. |
Selected Security Council Meeting Records | View All |
5 February 2019 S/PV.8457 | This was a Council debate on transnational organised crime at sea. |
19 December 2018 S/PV.8433 | This was a briefing on “Drug trafficking in West Africa as a threat to stability” by Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Yury Fedotov. |
21 November 2017 S/PV.8111 | This was a briefing on trafficking in persons in conflict situations. The Council was briefed by Executive Director of UNODC Yuri Fedotov; the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children, Maria Grazia Giammarinar; and the AU's Commissioner for Peace and Security Smail Chergui. |
Selected Security Council Press Statements | View All |
9 October 2006 SC/8850 | The Council expressed concern about the security situation in Afghanistan and the increase in opium cultivation and trafficking. |
Selected Other Documents | View All |
1 January 2003 UN Convention Against Corruption | This was the UN convention against corruption. |
20 December 1988 UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances | This was the UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988. |
21 February 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances | This was the convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971. |