Dccp (Noun)
Meaning
An agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) previously renamed the Division of Narcotic Drugs (DND) was established as the DCCP in 1990.
- The DCCP is the primary agency of the United Nations for promoting international cooperation in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime.
- In 1997 the DCCP merged with the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division to form the Centre, which then merged with the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention UNODCCP in 1997.
- The UNODC is widely known for its publication World Drug Report issued annually based on the data compiled from Member States through questionnaire called Annual Report Questionnaire ARQ that are complemented by a set of indicators, standardised by UNODC itself.
- UNODC was established in 1997 through the merging of the United Nations Drug Control Programme UNDCP and the Centre for International Crime Prevention.