Vienna (IP) - The annual meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs kicked off in Vienna in the presence of Iran's Secretary General of Drug-countering Headquarters.

Iran PressEurope: The meeting was opened by the speech delivered by the Director General of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. 

Lachezara Stoeva stressed the solving of the challenges caused by narcotics and said that nobody must be forgotten in the path. 

Eskandar Momeni is scheduled to deliver a speech at the meeting of the high-ranking officials.

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs provides policy guidance for the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, managed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). It also prepares and monitors policy documents addressing the world drug problem.

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