Secretary-General appoints Yuri Fedotov of Russian Federation Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Date: 12 July 2010
The UN Secretary General has announced the appointment of Yuri Fedotov as the new head of UNODC.
In a ‘biographical note’ dated 9th July, the Secretariat notes that ‘Mr. Fedotov brings a wealth of senior-level experience to his new function, being well-informed regarding issues on the UNODC agenda: rule of law; policy and trend analysis; prevention; treatment and reintegration; and alternative development’
[It is noteworthy that harm reduction and HIV/AIDS are absent from this list. We trust that Mr Fedotov will make clear his and UNODC's commitment to HIV prevention among people who use drugs in line with CND resolution 53/9 "Achieving universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support for drug users and people living with or affected by HIV" and as the lead within the UNAIDS family for HIV realated to injecting drug use]
The press note from the UN continues, ‘Currently the Russian Federation’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Mr. Fedotov has previously served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, having joined the diplomatic service in 1971.
Mr. Fedotov is a Merited Member of the Diplomatic Service, and has also been awarded the Order of Friendship and the Certificate of Appreciation by the President of the Russian Federation.
Born in 1947, he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
He is married and has a son and a daughter.’
See also: The Lancet, 3 July 2010 'Russian injected drug use soars in face of political inertia'
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