Curriculum Vitae

Name: Akira FUJINO
Nationality: Japanese
Date of birth: 28 March 1951

Born in Heki village, now part of Nagato City on the coast of the Japan Sea, and raised in Yamaguchi City, the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Attended Yuda Elementary School, Yamaguchi Junior High School attached to Yamaguchi University, then Yamaguchi Senior High School, Yamaguchi City. While in senior high school, went to Foothill Senior High School, Sacramento, California, as an American Field Service (AFS) foreign exchange student (1968-1969).

Present function:

Representative
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific

Contact address:
United Nations Building, 3rd Floor
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200, Thailand

Tel: (66 2) 288 1904
Fax: (66 2) 281 2129
E-mail: afujino1@eastern-wind.com
Office website: www.unodc.un.or.th

Previous work experiences

1991 – 2003:
Deputy Secretary
International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Vienna

1990 – 2003:
Chief
Precursors Control Section
International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Secretariat,
Vienna

1985 – 1990:
Social Affairs Officer
Narcotics Control Unit
International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Secretariat, Vienna

1980 – 1985:
Social Affairs Officer
Estimates Unit
International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Secretariat. Vienna

1976 – 1977:
Teaching and Research Assistant
International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo

Educational Background:

Course work, Ph.D. programme (1980)
International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo

M.A. in International Relations (1979)
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles

M.A. in International Law (1978)
International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo

B.A. in International Law (1974)
International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo

Membership:

Japanese Association of International Law
Japanese Association of International Relations
American Society of International Law

Hobbies:

Guitars, diving tennis, shooting, Kendo, skiing, photography.

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated to coordinate and lead the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in its current form in 1997, UNODC has approximately 500 staff members worldwide. Its headquarters is in Vienna and it has 21 field offices, as well as a liaison offices in New York. UNODC relies on voluntary contributions, mainly from governments, for 90 per cent of its budget.

In East Asia and the Pacific, through its Regional Centre located in Bangkok, together with the country offices in Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam, UNODC provides technical and financial assistance to address illicit drug production, trafficking in and abuse of drugs, money laundering, and related legislative and institutional reforms. It is further expanding its activities in the region in the areas of transnational organized crime, human trafficking and migrant smuggling, and terrorism.

UNODC Regional Centre website: <www.unodc.un.or.th>