ANKARA (A.A) – 14.05.2009 – Professor Sevil Atasoy of Turkey was elected as the new president of Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).Atasoy has been a member of the board since 2005. Before being elected as president, she was acting as the vice-president.
Atasoy became the first female president of the board since 1990.
Born in 1949, Atasoy earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (1972), Master of Science in Biochemistry (1976) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biochemistry (1979) at the Istanbul University. She is also the founding editor of “Turkish Journal of Legal Medicine”. Atasoy has issued more than 130 scientific articles so far.
The International Narcotics Control Board is the independent and quasi-judicial monitoring body for the implementation of the United Nations international drug control conventions. It was established in 1968 in accordance with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961). (UK-AÖ)
Source: haber.turk.net, 14.05.2009