Launch of the Myanmar opium survey 2024: Cultivation, production and implications
Schedule
Thu, 12 Dec, 2024 at 10:00 am
UTC+07:00Location
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand - FCCT | Bangkok, BM
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The crisis in Myanmar has had a profound impact on the country’s economy, with Myanmar overtaking Afghanistan as the world’s top opium producer in 2023.This new survey for 2024 explains how the situation has evolved amidst expanding insecurity and instability as opium cultivation stabilizes at historically high levels. UNDOC will provide an in-depth briefing on the situation and the findings of its new report: “Myanmar Opium Survey 2024: Cultivation, Production and Implications,” including an analytical outlook on the future trajectory for opium in the Golden Triangle region and what it means for the countries, the region and connected drug markets.
The 2024 survey is the latest in a series conducted by UNODC since 2002 to assess the scope of opium cultivation and opium production.
Opening speaker: Masood Karimipour, UNODC regional representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Speaker:
Inshik Sim, research officer, UNODC.
Moderator: Jisu Kim, statistical officer.
The session will be followed by a Q&A.
This is not an FCCT-organized event.
Free and open to all.
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Where is it happening?
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand - FCCT, มาย ออฟฟิศ เอ-เพย์ ประเทศไทย, ถนน เพลินจิต, ปทุมวัน, กรุงเทพมหานคร, กรุงเทพมหานคร 10330, ประเทศไทย,Bangkok, ThailandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
