Antonio Maria Costa ( Italian: Antonio Maria Costa ; born June 16, 1941 , Italy ) - European diplomat.
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Education: degree in political science from the University of Turin (1963), degree in mathematical economics from Moscow State University (1967), and a PhD in economics from the University of California at Berkeley (1971).
In 1992-2002, Secretary General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development .
From May 2002 to August 2010, the UN Under -Secretary-General is the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Director General of the UN Office in Vienna (UNOV).
In February 2004, inaugurating an anti-drug conference in Kabul, Antonio Maria Costa warned of the dangerous effects of the opium economy in Afghanistan [1] .
During a visit to Russia in the summer of 2004, Costa noted the positive role of Russia in countering the drug threat emanating from Afghanistan [2] .