Information on the Bangladesh Anti-Drug Federation of NGOs (BADF) is scarce among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

A 2003 report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime stated that BADF was established on 25 October 1990 (UNODC 28 Apr. 2003, 183). It has an office in Dhaka, is registered with the Bangladeshi Department of Social Welfare of the Ministry of Social Welfare and "is recognized by the Department of Narcotics Control as the apex body" (ibid.). According to the report, the following constitute BADF's aims and objectives:

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

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• To coordinate the activities of member organizations and get the media to focus on them.

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• To help member organizations prepare and implement anti-drug programmes.

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• To liaise between the different national and international organizations engaged in anti-drug activities.

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• To create awareness among people about the evils of drug abuse through seminars, meetings, training workshops, publication of magazines, stickers, posters, articles and other relevant materials.

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• To involve people of all professions in the anti-drug movement.

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• To undertake all other activities which could help combat drug abuse both at home and abroad (ibid.).

BADF's activities have included holding discussion meetings, seminars and training sessions, printing materials and organizing walks related to the reduction of drug demand (ibid.).

According to a 2002 news article in The Daily Star, at that time, Nur Mohammed was the president of BADF (3 June 2002). Additional information on BADF's executive members could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

References to the Kamalapur Pathagar O Samaj Kallyan Parisad (KPSP) in Dhaka could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

References

The Daily Star [Dhaka]. 3 June 2002. Vol. 3, No. 971. "Preparatory Meeting for IFNGO Held." http://www.thedailystar.net/dailystarnews/200206/03/n2060306.htm [Accessed 5 May 2004]

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). 28 April 2003. R. Ray. "Role of NGOs in Drug Demand Reduction." http://www.unodc.org/pdf/india/ddch10.pdf [Accessed 5 May 2004]

Additional Sources Consulted

Internet sites, including: Amnesty International (AI), BBC, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2003, Dialog/WNC, European Country of Origin Information Network (ECOI), Freedom in the World 2003, Google, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN), New Age [Dhaka], News from Bangladesh, Virtual Bangladesh.