Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Narcotics Control and Acquired Immune Deficiency...

This series contains records relating to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office policy on the use of illegal drugs and the global response to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Files on AIDS policy include: organisation of conferences and international events and the participation of UK ministers in the forementioned events; welfare of British nationals affected by AIDS; immigration policy with regards to AIDS; and bilateral relations on AIDS.

The records are arranged as either AIDS or Drugs material, and further by subject according to the FCO corporate file plan

For earlier records created by FCO's United Nations Department who pre-1987 were responsible for FCO policy on AIDS and illegal drug use, see FCO 58

For later records of FCO's policy on drugs and AIDS, see FCO 193

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1968
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Narcotics and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Department, 1988-1993
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Narcotics and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Unit, 1987-1988

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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Narcotics Control and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Unit was established in 1987 in response to the global AIDS crisis. The Unit changed its name in 1988 to the Narcotics Control and Acquired Immune Deficiency (AIDS) Department in 1988. FCO policy on both AIDS and use of illegal drugs had previously been administered by the United Nations Department.

Following the global response to the AIDS crisis the FCO created a separate department to manage policies on AIDS and the use of illegal drugs. In 1994 the responsibility for FCO policy on the global use of illegal drugs was transferred to the Drugs, International Crime and Terrorism Department. The responsibility for FCO policy on AIDS returned to the United Nations Department.