Mainstreaming drug control objectives into development programmes was crucial.

Rural development was then an antidote to drug cultivation, and drug prevention an important means of containing HIV AIDS.

Drug addicts were considered victims in need of treatment and rehabilitation to enable them to become productive members of society. The programmes included in the plan of action were carried out in cooperation with the ministries of health and of social development and the drug control services.

Trade in services and development

Drug control and development assistance must therefore go hand in hand.

The main drug of abuse in Sub Saharan Africa is cannabis and injecting drug use is still limited, which perhaps explains the downward trend in services to reduce the negative health and social consequences of drug abuse.

Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme provision for services at UNODC headquarters, 2006 2007

The Section also participated in various meetings related to global crime and drug trends and the development of drug and crime indices.

Second, improvement of drug development requires more transparency from the regulatory bodies.

Twenty one government and non governmental service providers received resources to expand their local services for drug abusers.

Strengthening alternative development as an important drug control strategy and establishing alternative development as a cross cutting issue

Services infrastructure for development, trade efficiency and human resources development 400,900

Off limit orders attempting to keep drug addicts, prostitutes, and others out of concentrated areas of drug and sex crimes commonly restricts these individuals' ability to seek social services beneficial to rehabilitation, since these services are often located within the SODA and SOAP territories.

E. Action Plan on Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development

Planning, development and coordination of conference services

Funding grants helped 10 providers in the region to improve and diversify their drug treatment and HIV prevention services.

Through the rural development and extension services component of the National Agricultural Services Programme

Subprogramme 4 Services infrastructure for development, trade efficiency and human resources development

Recognizing that drug users living with HIV AIDS require treatment, health care and social services in dealing with their condition,

Development costs have to be passed on in drug prices, which may be exceptionally high when a drug benefits only a relatively small number of patients.

Work will continue on the development of indexes on drugs and crime, including the global illicit drug index initiated in 2005 (see World Drug Report 2005).

Item 5 Trade in services and development implications

In the Russian Federation and Belarus, UNODC completed a drug abuse situation analysis and mapping of existing services in the region.

It assigns priority to setting scientific norms and standards identifying and developing best practices for drug testing and analysis and ensuring that laboratory services and scientific expertise are integrated fully into national drug control frameworks.

Two important new research initiatives were launched during the period an investigation into the value of illicit drug markets and the development of a global illicit drug index.

Agreements for the complementarity of services favour child development.

Considering that injecting drug use is the driving force behind the HIV AIDS epidemic in that region, provision of wide scale coverage of injecting drug users with effective HIV prevention services is of the utmost importance.

(j) To provide legal advisory services to Member States, upon request, in support of their implementation of the international drug control conventions

There are, however, differences in the development of the services economy and infrastructural services across countries and regions.

The objective of UNODC laboratory and scientific services is to provide scientific and technical support and advisory services to Member States and all branches of UNODC in support of drug and crime control activities.

In collaboration with other United Nations entities, UNODC promoted cooperation between HIV and drug dependence treatments and outreach services at the community level.

The coverage shows positive trends in the provision of services to reduce negative health and social consequences of drug abuse in most regions.

(c) Action Plan on International Cooperation on the Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development

The cultivation of illicit drug crops remains a serious impediment to the sustainable development of some countries.

Given the role of services in development, technology transfer and trade, a balanced outcome in services negotiations is imperative.

Distribution services depend on the availability of infrastructure and are closely linked with services such as transport, packaging, warehousing, financial services and commercial real estate development.

The development of captopril was among the earliest successes of the revolutionary concept of ligand based drug design.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (1999). Providing sustainable financial and non financial services for SME development.

Development costs of 800 million are not unusual for a drug, and we can expect to see more of a new type of drug biopharmaceuticals made from living cells which cost even more.

Seeding Drug Discovery Initiative Also known as SDDI, this five year initiative started in October 2005 with the remit to facilitate the development of drug like small molecules that address unmet medical needs.

(c) Report of the Executive Director on the world drug problem Action Plan on International Cooperation on the Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development (E CN.7 2005 2 Add.2)

Services provided by the Church are multi faceted, including services for family and child care, children and youth, the elderly, rehabilitation service, community development service and other supportive services.

They were following a common approach in such areas as education, export development, social development and pharmaceutical procurement services.

The problem requires concerted action by policymakers and street level interventions by drug abuse and HIV AIDS prevention services, now that awareness levels have been raised.

In Central Asia, the successful Tajik Drug Control Agency is expanding its operations and has managed to develop excellent, standard setting forensic units and laboratory services.