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Myanmar Country Profile
December 2005
 
Country Profile Union of Myanmar 
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (formerly the Office for Drug Control and CrimePrevention) was set up in 1997, combining the United Nations Centre for International CrimePrevention and the United Nations International Drug Control Programme. It was established bythe Secretary-General of the United Nations to enable the Organization to focus and enhance itscapacity to address the interrelated issues of drug control, crime prevention and internationalterrorism in all its forms. The mandate of the Office derives from several conventions and GeneralAssembly resolutions, and the Office's technical cooperation programme aims to help improvethe capacity of Governments to execute those international commitments. The Office is headedby an Executive Director, appointed by the Secretary-General, and is co-located with the UnitedNations Office at Vienna, of which the Executive Director also serves as the Director-General.This document was produced by the Information, Press and Analysis Unit of the UNODC CountryOffice in Myanmar. For additional information, please contact Camila Vega atcamila.vega@unodc.org.This is not an official document of the United Nations. The designations employed do not implythe expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of any of the United Nations agencies.
 
Country Profile Union of Myanmar 
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 List of Abbreviations
ACCORD: ASEAN and China Cooperative Operations in Response to Dangerous DrugsAFP: Australian Federal PoliceAPEC: Asia-Pacific Economic CooperationASEAN: Association of South East Asian NationsASOD: ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug MattersATS: Amphetamine-Type StimulantsCCDAC: Central Committee for Drug Abuse ControlCIA: Central Intelligence AgencyCOMMIT: Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against TraffickingCPB: Communist Party of BurmaDEA: Drug Enforcement AdministrationDTC: Drug Treatment CentreFATF: Financial Action Task ForceGDI: Gender-related Development IndexHIV/AIDS: Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immuno-Deficiency SyndromeHDI: Human Development IndexICMP: Illicit Crop Monitoring ProgrammeICRC: International Committee of the Red CrossIDU: Injecting Drug UserINCB: International Narcotics Control BoardKNU: Karen National UnionLDC: Least Developed CountryMI: Military IntelligenceMNDAA: Myanmar National Democratic Alliance ArmyMOU: Memorandum of UnderstandingMPI: Myanmar Pharmaceutical IndustryNATALA: Ministry for the Progress of Border Areas and National Races and DevelopmentAffairsNCGUB: National Coalition Government of the Union of BurmaNLD: National League for DemocracySTR: Suspicious Transaction ReportSmuggling Protocol: Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air,supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational OrganizedCrimeTOC: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeTrafficking Protocol: Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
 
EspeciallyWomen and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention againstTransnational Organized CrimeUNAIDS: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDSUNCAC: United Nations Convention against CorruptionUNDCP: United Nations Drug Control ProgrammeUNGASS: United Nations General Assembly Special SessionUNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeUWSA: United Wa State ArmyWHO: World Health Organization
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tara manchin

Great work keep it up

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