Volunteering to reduce the impact of illicit trafficking in Southeast Asian border communities
Fifty national UN Volunteers and UN Community Volunteers) are serving with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) in Southeast Asia. They have been collecting first-hand information on the root causes, implications and possible solutions to illicit trafficking in vulnerable border locations in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand and Viet Nam.
The survey, carried out with financial resources from Japan, aims to provide a better understanding of needs and expectations in border communities, linked to the threats to security and wellbeing posed by illicit trafficking. People living in border communities, particularly in remote areas, tend to be less involved in the development of public policies, thus also benefit less.