Delegates, please have a warm welcome to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime Committee. My name is Santiago Illarramendi and I will be your chair this year on the twelfth edition of WAMUN, accompanied by Laura Díaz as your Co-Chair and Andrea Veloz as your Secretary. I have been a part of WAMUN for the last 4 years, working my way up from admin staff to chair, and I have also participated on a few other MUNs outside of my school. I hope that you find the topics dealt with in this booklet as interesting as we did, and also be able to research them extensively, so that you can be actively involved into creating a fluid debate this November.
The UNODC is a United Nations office that was established in 1997 and belongs to the United Nation Development Group. This agency has its headquarters in Vienna and with the help of 500 staff members and 20 field offices worldwide, it focuses on the fight against illicit drugs and international crime, as well as implementing the United Nations lead programme on terrorism.
While the information provided by this booklet will work as a good background for both topics, we encourage all delegates to conduct research on their own so that we are able to make the most of our 2 days of debate. Remember that the knowledge of your topics will be key towards becoming a distinctive delegate in the committee. We will see each other soon and if any doubts come up, feel free to contact us through: santi.illarramendi@gmail.com or logisticstaff2016@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Santiago Illarramendi
Chair, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime