Vienna, 9 March 2009

The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)

invites you to the presentation of the

Guidelines for Governments on Preventing the Illegal Sale of Internationally Controlled Substances through the Internet

on

Tuesday, 17 March at 14:00 hours

at the

Vienna International Centre (VIC)
UN/UNIDO Board Room 4th Floor, C-building

The Guidelines will be presented by:

Prof. Hamid Ghodse
President, International Narcotics Control Board

A limited number of copies of the Guidelines in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian will be available in the meeting room. This document can also be downloaded from www.incb.org.

For accreditation

Media are encouraged to pre-accredit for the presentation by writing to press@unvienna.org.
Forms and criteria for the annual accreditation are available on www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/media_accreditation.html.
Journalists already accredited to the VIC or holding a special accreditation to the 52nd session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (11-20 March) do not need re-accreditation. Please note that accreditation is required to attend the presentation.

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For further information about the presentation, please contact:

Lothar Mikulla
Associate Information Officer, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-5693
Mobile: (+43-699) 1459-5693
Email: Lothar.Mikulla@unvienna.org