Portal of the Principality of Liechtenstein - Seat of the United Nations in Vienna

This office was created to deal more intensively with issues of drug control, crime prevention, and terrorism. The International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) is responsible for the coordination of worldwide measures against the illegal drug trade and narcotics abuse. The office also compiles reports on the current drug situation and advises governments on questions concerning control of drug cultivation, narcotics legislation, prevention of drug consumption, and treatment of drug addicts. The Center for International Crime Prevention (CICP) is responsible for all activities in the area of crime prevention and criminal law. Particular attention is paid to organized transnational crime, terrorism, trafficking in humans, money laundering and corruption. In this regard, Liechtenstein has also supported the Global Programme against Money Laundering (GPML), the program to strengthen law enforcement in Central and Eastern Europe, and the Interagency Group for Anti-Corruption Coordination (IGAC) with contributions.

Since 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna has served as the worldwide center for scientific and technical cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Its mandate consists primarily in supporting Member States in their peaceful use of nuclear energy, radioactive radiation and isotopes in the areas of agriculture, medicine, energy, environmental protection, management of water resources, research, and industry. In addition, the organization is responsible for monitoring implementation of the treaties on the prevention of proliferation of nuclear weapons through safety measures. Agreements on establishing nuclear-weapons free zones in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) and the South Pacific (Raratonga Treaty) and a large number of bilateral agreements ensure that fissile material and nuclear facilities are not used for military purposes. The focus of the IAEA has shifted in recent years from promoting nuclear energy to nuclear safety and the prevention of abuse of fissile material. Many nuclear facilities worldwide are under the supervision of the so-called “IAEA Safeguards”. The policies of the agency and its programs are discussed and guided by the 132 Member States in the General Conference and in the 35-member Board of Governors. Since 11 November 1968, Liechtenstein has been a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, underscoring its commitment in January 2004 with a contribution to the Working Capital Fund of the IAEA.

The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) is an international organization established by the signatory States of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). It works together with the Provisional Technical Secretariat in Vienna. The Commission prepares the implementation of the CTBT, which has not yet entered into force. The treaty will enter into force 180 days after ratification by the 44 States listed in Annex 2 of the treaty.
Liechtenstein signed the treaty on 27 September 1996.