On January 31, 2023, an extraordinary meeting of the Council of National Coordinators (CNC) of the participating States of the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Center for Combating Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Their Precursors (CARICC/Center) was held online.

Delegations of CARICC member states, UNODC International Program Coordinator Mr. Yusuf Kurbonov, as well as the Director and staff of the Center attended the event.

The meeting was chaired by the Head of the Department for Combating Drug Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Kh.Imazhanov.

At the meeting, the Director of the Center A. Yazlyev provided information on the current financial situation in CARICC. Y. Kurbonov also reported on the measures taken to ensure the financial stability of CARICC as a UNODC project.

The meeting participants discussed current and future issues of financing the activities of the Center, following which the relevant decisions were made.