(DIP) TURKISH PROFESSOR BECOMES PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL BOARD FOR NARCOTIC CONTROL.ANKARA, May 14, 2009 (TUR) -- Professor Sevil Atasoy of Turkey was elected as the new president of Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is the independent and quasi-judicial control organ for the implementation of the United Nations drug conventions. It plays an important role in monitoring enforcement of restrictions on narcotics and psychotropics and in deciding (INCB INCB International Narcotics Control Board ). Atasoy has been a member of the board since 2005. Before being elected as president, she was acting as the vice-president. Atasoy became the first female president of the board since 1990. Born in 1949, Atasoy earned a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in Chemistry (1972), Master of Science in Biochemistry (1976) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biochemistry (1979) at the Istanbul University. She is also the founding editor of "Turkish Journal of Legal Medicine". Atasoy has issued more than 130 scientific articles so far. The International Narcotics Control Board is the independent and quasi-judicial monitoring body for the implementation of the United Nations international drug control conventions. It was established in 1968 in accordance with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is the international treaty against illicit manufacture and trafficking of narcotic drugs that forms the bedrock of the global drug control regime. Previous treaties had only controlled opium, coca, and derivatives such as heroin and cocaine. (1961). (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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