International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Name: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in United Nations
Start: 20260626T00:00:00+00:00
End: 20260627T00:00:00+00:00
Location: PLACE

Category: Human Rights

Human Rights

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Dates of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
2026 United Nations Friday, June 26thInternational Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2025 United Nations Thursday, June 26thInternational Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2024 United Nations Wednesday, June 26thInternational Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2023 United Nations Monday, June 26thInternational Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2022 United Nations Sunday, June 26thInternational Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Summary
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The international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking is observed every year on June 26th, since its inception in 1989.

The idea is to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse. During the international conference on drug abuse and illicit trafficking, which was held in Vienna during 17-26 June 1987, two important texts i.e. Comprehensive multidisciplinary outline of future activities in Drug Abuse Control and Declaration of the International Conference on drug abuse and illicit trafficking was observed.

The Conference recommended that there should be an annual day to mark the importance of the fight against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. The final date of June 26 was taken into consideration and the draft was prepared and final resolution.

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