Stéphane Dujarric< spokesperson for the Secretary-General, at a podium with António Guterres

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3 December 2025

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The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published their 2025 Myanmar Opium Survey, and that report found that poppy cultivation is at a 10-year high in the country. The survey analyses data collected in Myanmar during the fourth growing season since the military takeover.

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Stéphane Dujarric

Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

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Farhan Haq

Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

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Stéphanie Tremblay

Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

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Daniela Gross De Almeida

Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

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Shirin Yaseen

Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

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