UN office assures support to fight HIV
Cristina Albertin, representative of the regional UNODC office for South Asia, calls on Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at her office in the city yesterday. Photo: Focus Bangla
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will continue to support Bangladesh in undertaking programmes to counter narcotics enforcement, prevention of HIV, and prevention and treatment of drug use in the country. Cristina Albertin, representative of the regional UNODC office for South Asia in New Delhi (UNODC-ROSA), said this when she called on Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at her office yesterday. During the meeting, Cristina Albertin briefed the foreign minister of her organisation's activities in the field of counter narcotics enforcement, prevention of HIV, and prevention and treatment of drug use in Bangladesh. Dipu Moni thanked the UNODC representative for her organisation's work in Bangladesh and hoped that UNODC will continue to support Bangladesh in undertaking programs to fight the menaces. The foreign minister said Bangladesh had adequate laws to deal with the issues mentioning that the government is fully alert to HIV though its prevalence in Bangladesh is quite low. The government has enacted several laws to encounter drug trafficking and local drug trades, she added. Welcoming the UNODC for its initiative to explore new areas of cooperation in Anti-money laundering and prevention of terrorism, the foreign minister mentioned that the anti-money laundering act is already in place and Bangladesh has signed all terrorism related international conventions as well as regional agreements under the SAARC framework. UNODC Regional Office for South Asia is working in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Cristina Albertin took over the charge of the office as its regional representative in April 2009.
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