Side Event: The Humanitarian approach to drug policy: opportunities and challenges for an effective cooperation between public authorities and health-based organizations

Organized by Italy with the support of the Council of Europe – Pompidou Group, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section and the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs   The event will provide concrete examples of cooperation, and a common ground of commitment between …

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Committee of the Whole. L.7. Intensifying efforts to address the proliferation of uncontrolled and designer precursors used in the illicit manufacture of drugs

OP8 Alt & bis United States: We started from the title in informals. We haven’t discussed certain OPs. I don’t believe OP8 Alt & Bis are in a position to be finalised. OP8 is dealing with legislative measures to address the problem of designer precursor chemicals. So it’s a sensitive issue because it’s domestic legislation. …

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Item 4. Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions (continued)

(a) Work of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime   CND Chair: Let me clarify what is the vote. The vote is to decide that we don’t take action on the designation of the EEG representative to FINGOV. Only …

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Side event: Links between drugs and development

Organized by the UNODC Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs with the support of France and Germany Jean-Luc Lemahieu, UNODC Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs. Many thanks for being here today. A few weeks ago, during the framework of the CCPCJ, we convened a 3-day session on drugs, crime and the environment: climate change, …

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