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Annex II

Current membership of the International Narcotics Control Board

Joseph Bediako Asare drug programme expert meeting, Cleveland, United

States of America (1995); Drug Expert Forum for Born in 1942. National of Ghana. Private Western and Central Africa, Cameroon (1995); local Consultant and . expert meeting for Western Africa, Dakar (2003). Member of the local expert network in West Africa Medical Academy of Krakow, Poland (1965- (LENwest) (2002-2004). 1971); postgraduate training at Graylands and Swanbourne Psychiatric , Perth, Australia Member of the International Narcotics Control (1976-1977); Leicestershire Area Health Authority Board (since 2005). Member of the Standing (1977-1980). Senior Registrar in , West Committee on Estimates (2006 and 2008). Chairman of Berkshire and South Oxford Area Health Authority the Committee on Finance and Administration (since (1981-1982); Chief Psychiatrist, Ghana Health Service; 2007). specialist in charge at Accra Psychiatric ;

Chairman, Ghana Chapter, West African College of Sevil Atasoy ; Vice-President, West African College of Physicians (2000-2004); Adviser to the Ministry of Born in 1949. National of Turkey. Professor of Health of Ghana (1984-2004); member of the Narcotics Biochemistry and Forensic Science, Istanbul Control Board of Ghana (1990-2004); Chairman, University (since 1988). Expert witness in civil and Subcommittee on Demand Reduction, Narcotics criminal courts (since 1980). President of the Center of Control Board of Ghana (1991-2004). Part-time Crime Control and Prevention, Istanbul, Turkey (since lecturer in psychiatry, University of Ghana medical 2006). President of the International Forensic Science school (1991-2004). Faculty Fellow of the Services, Istanbul, Turkey (since 2003). International Council on Alcohol and Addictions training programme on alcohol and drug abuse in Recipient of the following degrees: Bachelor of Benin City, Nigeria (1986 and 1987); President, Science in Chemistry (1972), Master of Science in Psychiatric Association of Ghana (1999-2002). Biochemistry (1976) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Member, Royal College of (1980); in Biochemistry (1979), Istanbul University. Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists (2008); Fellow, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, United States West African College of Psychiatrists; Fellow, Ghana Information Agency (1995-1996); German Academic College of Physicians and Surgeons. Author of Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellow (1976, 1978 and numerous works, including: Substance Abuse in 1994); European Molecular Biology Organization Ghana; The Problem of Drug Abuse in Ghana: a Guide Fellow (1985); North Atlantic Treaty Organization to Parents and Youth (1989); Alcohol Use, Sale and Fellow (1978). Director, Institute of Forensic Science, Production in Ghana: a Health Perspective (1999); Istanbul University (1988-2005). Director, Department Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse in Deheer (1997); of Narcotics and Toxicology, Ministry of Justice of “Psychiatric co-morbidity of drug abuse”, Assessing Turkey (1980-1993). Chairperson, Department of Standards of Drug Abuse (1993); “Baseline survey of Forensic Basic Sciences, Istanbul University (1983- the relationship between HIV and substance abuse in 1987); Professor of Biochemistry, Cerrahpasa School Ghana” (2004). Recipient of the Grand Medal (Civil of , Istanbul University (1988-2005). Guest Division) of the Republic of Ghana (1997). Participant scientist, School of Public Health, University of in numerous meetings, including: consultative group California, Berkeley, and Drug Abuse Research Center, that developed the manual on assessment standards of University of California, Los Angeles; Department of care in drug abuse treatment (1990-1992); NGO World Genetics, Stanford University; Department of Genetics, Forum on Drug Demand Reduction, Bangkok (1994); Emory University; California Criminalistics Institute;

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Virginia; Crime Member of the International Narcotics Control Laboratories, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department; Board (since 2005). Member of the Committee on Federal Criminal Police (BKA), Wiesbaden, Germany. Finance and Administration (2006). Chairman (2006) Chairperson, Regional Symposium on Criminalistics and Member (2007) of the Standing Committee on (2000); and Chairperson, third European Academy of Estimates. Second Vice-President of the Board (2006). Forensic Sciences Meeting (2003). Member of the Rapporteur (2007). First Vice-President of the Board Experts Group on Technical Challenges to the Drug (2008).

Community, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Office of National Drug Control Tatyana Borisovna Dmitrieva Policy of the United States (2003 and 2004); member of the expert group on risk reduction linked to substance use other than by injection, Pompidou Group Born in 1951. National of the Russian Federation. of the Council of Europe (2002); member of the Director, V. P. Serbsky State Research Centre for Mediterranean Network of the Pompidou Group Social and (since 1998). Chief (2001). Member of the Turkish delegation to the Expert Psychiatrist, Ministry of Health and Social Commission of Narcotic Drugs (2001 and 2002). Development of the Russian Federation (since 2005). Founding editor, Turkish Journal of Legal Medicine Administrative Board Member of the Foundation, (1982-1993). Member of the scientific board of the Institute of Modern Development (since 2008). International Criminal Justice Review, the Turkish Graduate of the Ivanovskii State Medical Institute Journal on Addiction, the Turkish Journal of Forensic (1975). Master of Science (1981) and Doctor of Sciences and the Croatian Journal of Legal Medicine. Medical Sciences (M.D.) (1990). Professor of Founding President, Turkish Society of Forensic Medicine (since 1993). Head of the Department of Sciences, Honorary Member of the Mediterranean Psychiatry (1986-1989), Deputy Director of Research Academy of Forensic Sciences. Member of the (1989-1990) and Director (1990-1996), V. P. Serbsky International Society of Forensic Toxicology; the Indo- State Research Centre for Social and Forensic Pacific Association of Law, Medicine and Science; the Psychiatry. Minister of Health of the Russian International Association of Forensic Toxicologists; the Federation (1996-1998). Chairman, Russian Security American Academy of Forensic Sciences; the Council Commission on Health Protection (1996- American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors; the 2000), Chairperson, Council of Trustees, Public Forensic Science Society, United Kingdom of Great Charitable Foundation Health (since 1997). Member of Britain and Northern Ireland; the American Society of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Medical Criminology. Participant in projects on illicit drug Sciences (since 2001); Vice-Chairman, Russian Society issues, including: Crime Mapping of Drug Offences for of Psychiatrists (since 1995); Vice-President, World the Ministry of Home Affairs (1998-2000); Global Association for Academician; Study of Illicit Drug Markets: Istanbul, Turkey, for the Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Medical Sciences (since 1997); member of the Russian Research Institute (2000-2001); National Assessment Academy of Medical Sciences (since 1999). Author of of Nature and Extent of Drug Problems in Turkey, for over 350 scientific works, recipient of five authors’ UNODC (2002-2003); European School Survey on certificates for inventions and author of three books on Alcohol and Other Drugs (2002-2003); Modelling the drug abuse therapy, including Abuse of Psychoactive World Heroin Market, for the RAND Drug Policy Substances (General and Forensic Psychiatric Research Center and the Max Planck Institute (2003). Practice) (2000) and Abuse of Psychoactive Author of over 130 scientific papers, including papers Substances: Clinical and Legal Aspects (2003). Editor- on drug testing, drug chemistry, drug markets, drug- in-Chief, Russian Psychiatric Journal. Editor-in-Chief, related and drug-induced crime, drug abuse prevention, Clinical Research on Medication in Russia. Member of clinical and forensic toxicology, crime scene the editorial boards of several Russian and foreign investigation and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) medical journals, including the journal . analysis. Member of the editorial council, International Medical Journal; and member of the editorial council, Siberian

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Journal of Psychiatry and Narcology. Recipient of the Psychotropic Substances of 1988 (1998-1999). Order for Services to the Country, fourth class (2001) Consultant to the Organization of African Unity, Addis and third class (2006); and the Order of Honour Ababa (1998-1999). (1995). Participant and speaker on psychiatry and drug Member of the International Narcotics Control abuse therapy at national and international congresses Board (since 2000). Member of the Standing and conferences, including those organized by the Committee on Estimates (2000-2004). Rapporteur of World Health Organization (WHO), the European the Board (2001). First Vice-President of the Board Union, the Council of Europe, the World Psychiatric (2005). President of the Board (2002, 2003, 2006 and Congress and the World Psychiatric Association. 2007).

Member of the International Narcotics Control Board (since 2005). Rapporteur of the Board (2006). Hamid Ghodse Member (2006) and Chairman (2007) of the Standing Committee on Estimates. Second Vice-President of the Board (2007). Born in 1938. National of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Professor of Psychiatry and of International Drug

Policy, University of London (since 1987). Director, Philip Onagwele Emafo International Centre for Drug Policy, St. George’s

University of London (since 2003); Medical Director, Born in 1936. National of Nigeria. Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards, England and Wales (2006); President, European Lecturer, Biochemistry, University of Ibadan Collaborating Centres for Addiction Studies (since (1969-1971). Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, 1992); Non-Executive Director, National Patient Safety Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biochemistry, Agency, United Kingdom (since 2001); Chairman, University of Benin, Nigeria (1971-1977). Chief Higher Degrees in Psychiatry, University of London Pharmacist and Director, Pharmaceutical Services, (since 2003). Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria (1977-1988). Chairman, Pharmacists Board of Nigeria (1977-1988). Recipient of the following degrees, qualifications Member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on the and awards: (M.D.), Islamic International Pharmacopoeia and Pharmaceutical Republic of Iran (1965); Diploma Psychological Preparations (1979-2003). Rapporteur-General, Medicine (D.P.M.), United Kingdom (1974); Doctor of International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of London (1976); and Trafficking, Vienna (1987). Chairman, Commission on Doctor of Science (D.Sc.), University of London Narcotic Drugs at its tenth special session (1988). (2002). Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Member of the Secretary-General’s Group of Experts (F.R.C.Psych.), United Kingdom (1985); Fellow of the on the United Nations Structure for Drug Abuse Royal College of Physicians (F.R.C.P.), London Control (1990). Member of the WHO Expert (1992); Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Committee on Drug Dependence (1992, 1994 and Edinburgh (F.R.C.P.E.), Edinburgh (1997); Fellow of 1998). Consultant to the United Nations International the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (F.F.P.H.), Drug Control Programme (1993-1995). Member of the United Kingdom (1997); Fellow of the Higher ad hoc intergovernmental advisory group established Education Academy (F.H.E.A.), United Kingdom by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to assess (2005); Honorary Fellow, Royal College of strengths and weaknesses of global drug control efforts Psychiatrists (R.C.Psych.) (2006); Honorary Fellow, (1994). Member of the expert group convened by the World Psychiatric Association (2008). Member of the Secretary-General pursuant to Economic and Social WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Alcohol and Drug Council resolution 1997/37 to review the United Dependence (since 1979); Adviser, Joint Formulary Nations machinery for drug control (1997-1998). Committee, British National Formulary (since 1984); Member of the Advisory Group of the International Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, St. George’s and Narcotics Control Board to review substances for Springfield University Hospitals, London (since 1978); control under article 12 of the United Nations Honorary Consultant Public Health, Wandsworth Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Primary Care Trust, London (since 1997). Consultant

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Psychiatrist, St. Thomas’s Teaching Hospital and German authority with competence under article 17 of Medical School, London (1978-1987); member, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and rapporteur, chairman and convener of various WHO article 6 of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances and European Community expert committees, review of 1971, and Chairperson of the federal expert group groups and other working groups on drug and alcohol for narcotic drugs (1992-2006). Research assistant and dependence; M. S. McLeod Visiting Professor, assistant professor, University of Berlin (1970-1979); Southern Australia (1990); Honorary Professor, Peking person in charge of pharmaceutical quality control of University (since 1997). Author or editor of over herbal drugs, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical 300 scientific books and papers on drug-related issues Devices, Berlin (1979-1990); head of the division for and addictions, including the following books: The the control of manufacturers of narcotic drugs, Federal Misuse of Psychotropic Drugs, London (1981); Opium Agency of Germany (1990-1992). Member of Psychoactive Drugs and Health Problems, Helsinki the German delegation to the Commission on Narcotic (1987); Psychoactive Drugs: Improving Prescribing Drugs (1990-2006). Lecturer on drug regulatory Practices, Geneva (1988); Substance Abuse and affairs, University of Bonn (2003-2005). Recipient of a Dependence, Guildford (1990); Drug Misuse and certificate of appreciation for outstanding contributions Dependence: the British and Dutch Response, in the field of drug law enforcement awarded by the Lancashire, United Kingdom (1990); Misuse of Drugs Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States (3rd ed.), London (1997); Drugs and Addictive and recipient of a certificate of appreciation awarded Behaviour: a Guide to Treatment (3rd ed.), Cambridge by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (2002); Young People and Substance Misuse, London Member of the International Narcotics Control (2004); Addiction at Workplace, Aldershot (2005); Board (since 2007). Member of the Standing International Drug Control into the 21st Century, Committee on Estimates (2007). Vice-Chairperson of Aldershot (2008). Editor-in-Chief, International the Standing Committee on Estimates (2008). Psychiatry; Honorary Editor-in-Chief Chinese Journal of Drug Dependence; member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Social Psychiatry; member of Melvyn Levitsky the Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Psychiatry. Convener of WHO expert groups on medical education Born in 1938. National of the United States. (1986), pharmacy education (1987), nurse education Retired Ambassador in the United States Foreign (1989) and rational prescribing of psychoactive drugs. Service. Professor of International Policy and Practice Chairman, Association of Professors of Psychiatry of and Senior Fellow, International Policy Center, Gerald the British Isles (since 1991); Chairman, Association of R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of European Professors of Psychiatry; Director, National Michigan (since 2006). Faculty Associate, Center for Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (since 1997); Russian and East European Studies, Faculty Advisor, member of the International Association of Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, University Epidemiology (since 1998). of Michigan. Member of the International Narcotics Control United States diplomat for 35 years, serving as, Board (since 1992). Member of the Standing inter alia, Ambassador of the United States to Brazil Committee on Estimates (1992). President of the Board (1994-1998); Assistant Secretary of State for (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 and International Narcotics Matters (1989-1993); 2008). Executive Secretary and Special Assistant to the Secretary of the United States Department of State

Carola Lander (1987-1989); Ambassador of the United States to Bulgaria (1984-1987); Deputy Director, Voice of America (1983-1984); Deputy Assistant Secretary of Born in 1941. National of Germany. State for Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Pharmacist, doctoral degree in natural science; (1982-1983); Officer-in-Charge for Bilateral Relations, Certified Specialist in Public Health (Chamber of Office of Soviet Union Affairs (1975-1978); Political Pharmacists). Head of the Federal Opium Agency, the Officer, United States Embassy in Moscow (1973-

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1975); Consul, United States consulates in Frankfurt, WHO, the International Labour Organization, the Germany (1963-1965), and Belem, Brazil (1965-1967). United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Professor of International Relations and Public Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, Canada, and Administration, Maxwell School of Citizenship and the Alcohol Research Group, California, United States, Public Affairs, Syracuse University (1998-2006). as well as with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse Recipient of several United States Department of State and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards, Presidential Abuse of the National Institutes of Health, United Meritorious Service Awards and the United States States. Cooperated with the United Nations in the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award. working group of the international board of drug Member of the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs, surveillance in developing the Lisbon consensus the American Academy of Diplomacy and the document for drug reporting (2000) and with the American Foreign Service Association. Member of the working group that developed the draft Declaration on Advisory Board, Drug Free America Foundation. the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction Member of the Institute on Global Drug Policy. (1997). Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Member of the Board, Global Panel of the Prague Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission Society. Member of the Public-Private Working Group (CICAD) (2004). Member of the National Academy of on Sale of Controlled Substances via the Internet Sciences (since 1992), National Association of (Harvard University Law School). Distinguished Psychologists of Mexico (since 1991) and the National Fellow, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Academy of Medicine (since 1994). Member of the Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Board of Directors, National Institute of Public Health Affairs, Syracuse University. Member of the University (1997-2005) and National Institute on and of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center. Listed Neurosurgery (2006-2008). Professor at the in Who’s Who in American Politics, Who’s Who in undergraduate and graduate levels and adviser for 67 American Government and Who’s Who in American Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and doctoral theses Education. (since 1976). Member of the editorial board of Revista de Psicología Social y Personalidad, Salud Mental, Member of the International Narcotics Control Revista Mexicana de Psicología and Salud Pública de Board (since 2003). Chairman of the Committee on México, Public Psychiatry, Addictions, Hispanic Finance and Administration (2004). Chairman of the Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Addiction Disorders Working Group on Strategy and Priorities (2005). and Their Treatment and Revista Brasileira de

Psiquiatría. Recipient of the “Gerardo Varela” national Maria Elena Medina-Mora award in public health, for meritorious research (1986);

national prize in psychology, awarded by the National Born in 1953. National of Mexico. Director, Association of Psychologists (1991); national prize in National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico City (since psychiatry, presented by the Camelo Foundation 2008). Member of the National System of Researchers (1993). Recognized as distinguished health (since 1984). Member of the Colegio Nacional (since professional by the Mexican Society of Geography and 2006). Statistics (2002) and as honorary member by the Mexican Society of Psychology (2006) and Mexican Recipient of a Bachelor of Arts degree (with Psychiatric Association (2007). Recipient of the honours) in Psychology (1976) and a Master of Arts Woman of the Year Award (2006). Author of more than degree (with honours) in Clinical Psychology (1979), 160 research papers in journals, nearly 200 book Ibero-American University, Mexico; recipient of a chapters and of 4 books. doctoral degree in Social Psychology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (1992). Member of the Member of the International Narcotics Control Board of Governors, Universidad Nacional Autónoma Board (2000-2004 and 2007). Member of the Standing de México (since 2003). Member of the WHO Expert Committee on Estimates (2000-2004 and 2007). Committee on Addictions (since 1986). Research Chairman of the Standing Committee on Estimates collaborator, WHO project on increasing comparability (2004). Second Vice-President (2003) of the Board. of drug use surveys (1976-1980). Researcher with Rapporteur (2002 and 2008).

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Sri Suryawati Camilo Uribe Granja

Born in 1955. National of Indonesia. Director, Born in 1963. National of Colombia. Medical Centre for Clinical Pharmacology and Director, Hospital of San Martín (Meta); toxicologist, Policy Studies, Gadjah Mada University. Coordinator, Marly and Palermo ; General Director, New Master Degree Program for Medicine Policy and Fray Bartolomé de las Casas; consultant, Management, Gadjah Mada University. Lecturer in National Drug Council. Numerous university teaching Pharmacology/Clinical Pharmacology (since 1980); posts in forensics and clinical toxicology. Director- supervisor for more than 110 master’s and doctoral General, the Integral Toxicology Unit (UNITOX), theses on drug policy, the rational use of medicines, University Children’s Hospital of Saint Joseph (since clinical pharmacokinetics and drug management. 2008). Member of the Commission of Public Health (since 2006), Member of the Commission of Mental Pharmacist (1979). Specialist in pharmacology Health (since 2007) and Chairman of the Commission (1985); doctoral degree in clinical pharmacokinetics of Drug Abuse (since 2008), National Academy of (1994). Head of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine. Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia (1999- 2006). Member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel for Member of the International Narcotics Control Medicine Policy and Management. Member of the Board (since 2005). Member of the Committee on Executive Board of the International Network for the Finance and Administration (since 2007). Vice- Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD). Member of the WHO Chairman (2006 and 2007), Second Vice-Chairman Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of (2008) and Chairman (2008) of the Standing Essential Medicines (2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007). Committee on Estimates (2008).

Member of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (2002 and 2006). Member of the United Brian Watters Nations Millennium Project Task Force on HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis and Access to Essential Medicines (Task Force 5) (2001-2005). Consultant in Born in 1935. National of Australia. Chairman, essential medicine programmes and promoting rational Australian National Council on Drugs (2005). use of medicines in Bangladesh (2006-2007), Arts degree, majoring in medical sociology, Cambodia (2001-2008), China (2006-2008), the Lao University of Newcastle, Australia; trained in addiction People’s Democratic Republic (2001-2003), Mongolia counselling at University of Newcastle; qualified (2006-2008) and the Philippines (2006-2007). psychiatric chaplain. Major in the Salvation Army Consultant in medicine policy and drug evaluation in (1975-2008), including work as Commander of the Cambodia (2003, 2005 and 2007), China (2003), Salvation Army’s addiction treatment programme in Indonesia (2005-2006) and Viet Nam (2003). eastern Australia; consultant and media spokesman on Facilitator in various international training courses in addiction issues; adviser to the Salvation Army’s medicine policy and promoting the rational use of HIV/AIDS services in eastern Australia; President of medicines, including WHO and INRUD courses on the Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies in New promoting the rational use of medicines (1994-2007), South Wales; member of New South Wales’ Health training courses on hospital drugs and therapeutics Minister’s Drug Advisory Council. Patron, “Drug Arm, committees (2001-2007) and international courses on Australia”; Board member, “Drug Free Australia”; drug policy in developing countries (2002-2003). member of the Leadership Council, International Member of the International Narcotics Control Substance Abuse and Addiction Coalition. Member of Board (since 2007). Member of the Standing several Australian government committees, including: Committee on Estimates (2008). the expert advisory group on sustained release naltrexone; the state and national reference groups on

the Council of Australian Governments “Diversion of Offenders” scheme; and the national “Tough on Drugs” reference group for non-governmental organization treatment grants. Frequent contributor to Australian

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(1995) and Gabarone (1998); European Perspectives on Raymond Yans Policies on Drugs, Oslo (2005); United Nations Office

on Drugs and Crime/Paris Pact round tables, Brussels Born in 1948. National of Belgium. (2003), Tehran and Istanbul (2005); meetings of the Paris Pact Policy Consultative Group, Rome (2003) Graduate in Germanic philology and in and Vienna (2005); meetings of the High-level philosophy (1972). Belgian Foreign Service: Attaché, Dialogue on Drugs between the Andean Community Jakarta (1978-1981); Deputy-Mayor of Liège (1982- and the European Union, the European 1989); Consul, Tokyo (1989-1994); Consul, Chargé Community/Andean Bilateral Drug Precursors d’affaires, Luxembourg (1999-2003); Head of the Drug Agreements and the European Union/Latin America Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1995-1999 and and the Caribbean Coordination and Cooperation 2003-2007); Chairman of the Dublin Group (2002- Mechanism, Lima (2005) and Vienna (2006). 2006); Chairman of the European Union Drug Policy Cooperation Working Group during the Belgian Member of the International Narcotics Control Presidency of the European Union; charged with the Board (since 2007). Member of the Standing national coordination of the ratification and Committee on Estimates (since 2007). Member of the implementation process of the Convention on Committee on Finance and Administration (since Psychotropic Substances of 1971 and the United 2007). Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic

Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 (1995- Yu Xin 1998); liaison between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Police for drug liaison officers in Born in 1965. National of China. Clinical Belgian embassies (2003-2005); participation in the Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of , launching by the European Union Joint Action on New Peking University (since 2004). Licensed Psychiatrist, Synthetic Drugs of an early warning system to alert China Medical Association (since 1988). President, Governments to the appearance of new synthetic drugs Chinese Psychiatrist Association (since 2005); (1999); active in the creation of the Cooperation Chairperson, Credential Committee for Psychiatrists, Mechanism on Drugs between the European Union,

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Ministry of Health of China; Vice-President, Chinese HIV/AIDS and drug use, mental health outcome of Society of Psychiatry (since 2006); Vice-President, harmful alcohol use, neuropsychology of mental Management Association for Psychiatric Hospitals disorders, of late life depression, late (since 2007); Vice-Chairman, Alzheimer’s Disease, onset , and assessment, treatment and care for China (since 2002). . Editor of several textbooks, including Geriatric Psychiatry, Textbook of Psychiatry for Asia Bachelor of Medicine, Beijing Medical and Psychiatry for Medical Students. Recipient of the University (1988); Fellow in Psychiatry, University of Outstanding Clinician Award, Beijing Medical Melbourne, Australia (1996-1997); Fellow in University, and the Innovation and Creation Award, Substance Abuse, Johns Hopkins University (1998- Beijing Medical Professional Union (2004). Member of 1999); Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Peking University the expert group for the section on analgesics and (2000); Senior Fellow in Social Medicine, Harvard sedatives of the State Food and Drug Administration University (2003). in psychiatry (1988- (since 2000). Evaluator of the effectiveness of 1993) and Psychiatrist (1993-1998), Institute of Mental methadone clinics. Leader of a project to follow up the Health, Beijing Medical University; Head, Associate neurocognitive and mental functioning of patients Professor of Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatrist, infected with HIV/AIDS as a result of intravenous drug Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Institute of Mental abuse. Health, Peking University (1999-2001); Assistant Director (2000-2001) and Executive Director (2001- Member of the International Narcotics Control 2004), Institute of Mental Health, Peking University. Board (since 2007). Member of the Standing Author and co-author of numerous works on various Committee on Estimates (since 2007). topics in psychiatry, such as , early intervention of , mental health and

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