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Jagjit Pavadia Atasa

President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)

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Background

Jagjit Pavadia Atasa serves as president of the International Narcotics Control Board, the independent United Nations monitoring body responsible for overseeing global implementation of the international drug control conventions. In that role, she helps guide the Board’s engagement with governments, reviews compliance issues, and participates in discussions on narcotics control policy at the UN level. Her position matters in Russian affairs because Russia regularly engages the INCB on precursor chemicals, drug trafficking, and the international regulation of substances affecting public health and security.

Publicly available information in the provided record identifies her current office but does not include a detailed career biography or prior appointments. She is recorded as meeting with Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs D.E. Lubinsky in Vienna on the sidelines of the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs. That meeting placed her in direct contact with Russian officials in the context of multilateral drug-control diplomacy.

At that meeting, Russian representatives reaffirmed an initiative to place mephedrone and methadone precursors under international control, indicating the kind of technical regulatory issues that come before the INCB. As president of the Board, she is associated with international efforts to coordinate control over narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals through UN mechanisms. Her role is therefore significant in the broader system of Russian engagement with global drug policy, especially where domestic enforcement concerns intersect with international scheduling and monitoring procedures.

Timeline

  1. Jagjit Pavadia Atasa discussed Russia’s initiative to place mephedrone and methadone precursors under international control.

    On the Meeting Between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia D.E. Lubinsky and President of the International Narcotics Control Board S. Atasa
  2. Jagjit Pavadia Atasa met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister D.E. Lubinsky in Vienna.

    On the Meeting Between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia D.E. Lubinsky and President of the International Narcotics Control Board S. Atasa

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