inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Indonesian government affirmed its commitment to continuously strengthening international cooperation with various global organizations in addressing and preventing drug abuse.

Agus Irianto, Deputy for Legal Affairs and Cooperation at the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN), stated that this cooperation includes collaboration with the United Nations (UN) through the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), along with all member countries.

"This collaboration focuses on strengthening the early warning system for new psychoactive substances, enhancing forensic and regulatory capacity, and ensuring the effective implementation of various international agreements related to drug control," explained Deputy Agus on Wednesday (March 25, 2026).

Through collective cooperation and shared responsibility, he believes the international community can strengthen protection of public health, safety, and security from the evolving challenges of the global drug problem.

Agus explained the strengthening of international cooperation, one of which was through the delivery of Indonesia's strong commitment to global drug control efforts at the 69th Session of the Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND), held in Vienna, Austria, on March 11, 2026.

On that occasion, Agus delivered an intervention on the fifth agenda item, the Implementation of International Drug Control Treaties. Indonesia reaffirmed its commitment to the comprehensive, balanced, and effective implementation of various international conventions on drug control.

At the forum, the Indonesian Government also expressed serious concern and encouraged stricter regulation of several substances with the potential for abuse, including coca leaf, MDMB-FUBINACA, N-pyrrolidino isotonitazene, and N-desethyl etonitazene.

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