| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
UN Secretary-General calls for urgent action on world drug problem as High-level General Assembly week kicks-off
UN Secretary-General calls for urgent action on world drug problem as High-level General Assembly week kicks-off
25 September - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underlined the need to act urgently on the global drug challenge at a High-Level Counter-Narcotics event organized by the United States on 24 September at UN Headquarters in New York. "You are focussing a global spotlight on the world drug problem, and we have never needed it more" he said to US President Donald Trump, who hosted the event. (UNODC, 25.09.2019)