Chair: Good afternoon dear colleagues, it’s a great pleasure to welcome you for this very special event, dedicated to the commemoration of the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, and the launch of the 2021 world Drug Report. I would like to extend a warm welcome to our distinguished speakers with …
Plenary Item 12. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its sixty-fourth session
CHAIR: we met every evening at 8:00 o’clock to make a wrap up session to plan the next days and that helped. We were always a team so it was team spirit for everybody and I think also and apologize when sometimes by technical reason I couldn’t see you raise the flag or was too …
Resolution L3 – Ensuring access to drug treatment, education, aftercare, rehabilitation and social reintegration services for marginalized populations(cont.)
Chair: I would like to start with a personal remark. I had some requests of delegations, and distinguished colleagues from Australia, France, and Turkey… I would like to explain that here, it’s not too easy to work through mutual rule, as it is for you. Regarding time zones – it’s the life is for everybody: …
Side event: Turning over a new leaf: Regional applicability of innovative crop control policy during and in the aftermath of COVID19
Organised by the Andean Information Network Kathryn Ledebur, Andean Information Network Innovative crop control strategies are a model that is all the more important in the context of COVID 19. We see contexts where this is very important, for example the coup in Bolivia or the US-supported renewal of aerial fumigation in Colombia. This is …
Side Event: Moving past the divisions in order to develop humanitarian drug policies: the role of the Rome Consensus 2.0 initiative
Organized by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) with the support of Italy, and the C4 Recovery Foundation, the Levenson Foundation, the Knowmad Institut, the Police, Treatment and Community Collaborative (PTACC), the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, and the Villa Maraini Foundation The Rome Consensus 2.0 was launched …
Synthetic opioids – practical solutions to a persisting crisis
Organized by the Universal Postal Union with the support of the UNODC Laboratory and Scientific Section Asma Fakhri (UNODC). ‘The synthetic opioid problem not only persists, but as a result of physical distancing measures it has extended its reach to new regions. The number of preventable deaths has escalated, and international cooperation is key in …