Below, the CND Blog offers an Index of the close-to-120 hours of real-time non-literal blogging material captured during the 66th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
INDEX
- Plenary
- Committee of the Whole
- Side Events
- Informal Dialogues
Plenary
Opening of the 66th Session of the CND
Item 1. Election of officers
Item 2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters
Item 3. General debate
Monday, 13 March
10:00 – 13:00 (Morning sessions)
15:00 – 18:00 (Afternoon sessions)
Tuesday, 14 March
Item 4. Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions
Tuesday, 14 March
Item 5. Implementation of the international drug control treaties
Wednesday, 15 March
Item 6: Follow-up to the implementation at the national, regional and international levels of all commitments, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, to address and counter the world drug problem
Wednesday, 15 March
Thursday, 16 March
Item 7. Inter-agency cooperation and coordination of efforts in addressing and countering the world drug problem
Thursday, 16 March
Item 8. Recommendations of the subsidiary bodies of the Commission
Thursday, 16 March
Item 9. Contributions by the Commission to the work of the Economic and Social Council, in line with General Assembly resolutions 75/290 A and 75/290 B, including follow-up to and review and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Thursday, 16 March
Item 10. Preparations for the mid-term review, to be held in 2024, of progress made in implementing all international drug policy commitments, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, to address and counter the world drug problem
Friday, 17 March
Item 11. Provisional agenda for the sixty-seventh session of the Commission
Friday, 17 March
Item 12. Other business
Friday, 17 March
[No blog]
Item 13. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its sixty-sixth session
Friday, 17 March
Committee of the Whole
Resolution L.2. Preparations for the midterm review to be held during the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, in 2024
Monday, 13 March [No blog]
Resolution L.3. Promoting alternative development as a development-oriented drug control strategy, taking into account measures to protect the environment and recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples
Monday, 13 March 16:45 – 18:00
Tuesday, 14 March 17:00 – 18:30
Wednesday, 15 March 17:00 – 18:30
Thursday, 16 March 17:00 – 19:00
Friday, 17 March 11:00 – 13:00 and 15:00 – 17:00
Resolution L.4. Safe handling and disposal of synthetic drugs, their precursors and other chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of drugs
Tuesday, 14 March 10:00 – 11:30
Thursday, 16 March 10:00 – 13:00
Resolution L.5. Strengthening information-sharing to increase international scheduling and the implementation of scheduling decisions
Monday, 13 March 15:00 – 16:30
Tuesday, 14 March 15:00 – 16:30
Wednesday, 15 March 15:00 – 16:30
Thursday, 16 March 15:00 – 16:45
Resolution L.6. Expanding the use of uncrewed aircraft systems in countering drug-related crime
Tuesday, 14 March 11:30 – 13:00
Wednesday, 15 March 11:30 – 13:00
Side events
Monday, 13 March
13:00 – 13:50
Gender and drug overdose – trends and evidence for improved responses and drug policies – Organised by Sweden with the support of Canada, Norway, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the World Health Organization, the European Union and its Member States, and the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe
Copolad III – EU/LAC cooperation: Promoting human-centred drug policies with a sustainable development approach [awaiting blog] – Organised by Spain with the support of Germany, Italy, Jamaica, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), the European Union, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), the Ibero-American Network of non-governmental organizations working on Drugs and Other Addictions (RIOD) and the Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSFD)
Assessment of drug policies in the light of human rights – Organised by Portugal with the support of Malta, Norway, Switzerland, the European Union and the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe
Ending gender-based violence for women and gender non-conforming people who use drugs – Organised by the International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific with the support of Australia, the Women and Harm Reduction International Network, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales and IDUCARE
14:10 – 15:00
Perspectives from a regulated cannabis market – Organised by Sweden with the support of Canada, Norway, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the World Health Organization, the European Union and its Member States, and the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe
Total peace and a new paradigm on drugs [awaiting blog] – Organised by Colombia with the support of Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Czechia, Honduras, Mexico and Switzerland
The right to recovery: an approach for a true care path for the reintegration of persons affected by substance use disorders – Organised by Italy with the support of the UNODC Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, the European Union and the World Health Organization
People-centred, public health and human rights-based HIV response for and with people who use drugs – Organised by the UNODC HIV/AIDS Section with the support of Belgium, Brazil, Czechia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the World Health Organization and the International Network of People who Use Drugs
Time is of the essence: reigniting efforts for scaling up implementation of international drug policy commitments to improve availability of and access to controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes – Organised by the Union for International Cancer Control with the support of Australia, Belgium, Mexico, the Netherlands, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network, Walther Global Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology, the African Palliative Care Association, the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance and the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
Tuesday, 14 March
08:00 – 08:50
Initiatives to prevent overdose – Organised by Australia with the support of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States
From principle to policy to practice: implementing a human rights approach with people who use drugs – Organised by the Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited with the support of Ghana, Norway, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy
The North American opioid crisis: responding to an epidemic of opioid use disorder – Organised by Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing with the support of Brandeis University, the Johns Hopkins Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness and the New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office
Urban drug policies in the globalised world: a leximetrical focus – Organised by the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational Transparty with the support of the European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies
09:10 – 10:00
Synthetic drugs and the need for real-time data collection systems for agile policymaking [awaiting blog] – Organised by the UNODC Data Development and Dissemination Section
Between human rights and drug control: possibilities and barriers for ending the stigma of drug users – Organised by the RIO Rusmisbrukernes Interesseorganisasjon with the support of Norway, the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Community Addictions Peer Support Association, Dianova International and the Association for Humane Drug Policies
Ensuring human rights protection in Nordic drug policy – Organised by the Foreningen for Human Narkotikapolitikk with the support of Iceland, Norway, the International Drug Policy Consortium and RIO
13:00 – 13:50
The coca leaf and United Nations drug control: repairing a historical mistake – Organised by Bolivia with the support of Colombia
Towards more inclusive alternative development – Organised by Peru with the support of Germany, Thailand and the UNODC Drugs, Laboratory and Scientific Services Branch
Celebrating 40 years of increasing and meaningful civil society engagement in international drug policy – Organised by the Vienna NGO Committee on Narcotic Drugs with the support of Australia, Czechia and the UNODC Civil Society Unit
Prioritizing harm reduction as a response to the drug poisoning crisis in North America – Organised by the Washington Office on Latin America with the support of Canada, the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and the Drug Policy Alliance
The ineffectiveness of disproportionate sentencing: Towards sensible and people-centred policies – Organised by the Instituto RIA AC with the support of Colombia, Elementa DDHH, DeJusticia, Acción Técnica Social, the Drug Policy Alliance, the International Drug Policy Consortium and the Law Enforcement Action Partnership
14:10 – 15:00
Intersectoral collaboration to combat illicit synthetic drugs [awaiting blog] – Organised by the United States
Feminist approaches in alternative development: the case of Albania – Organised by Germany with the support of Albania
Examples of public private partnerships promoting social integration of justice-involved individuals with substance use disorders – Organised by the Fondazione San Patrignano with the support of Chile, Italy, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Uruguay, the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (CICAD/OAS), the Association Proyecto Hombre, the Drug Free America Foundation, EURAD, Proslavi Oporavak, the Recovered Users Network and the World Federation Against Drugs
The impact of drug policy on economic, social and cultural rights: Overturning decades of neglect – Organised by the International Drug Policy Consortium with the support of Colombia, Czechia, Ghana, Norway, Portugal, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Dejusticia, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, Harm Reduction International, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, the International Network of People who Use Drugs and the Transnational Institute
Wednesday, 15 March
08:00 – 08:50
Women in law enforcement and drug policy – it’s a feminist issue – Organised by the Law Enforcement Action Partnership
Cannabis law reform: Leading the way towards more effective drug control and the attainment of the sustainable development goals – Organised by the Fields of Green for ALL non-profit company with the support of the Veterans Action Council, Virginians Against Drug Violence, Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access, FAAAT.net, the Umzimvubu Farmer’s Support Network, the South African Drug Policy Initiative, the South African Network of People who Use Drugs, the Cannabis Community Council and Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR)
Drug-related health responses to humanitarian crises in Ukraine and neighbouring countries – Organised by the Alliance for Public Health with the support of Ukraine, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, the Ukrainian Network of People who Use Drugs and the Precursor Foundation for Social Policy
It all begins with health: using a substance use health lens to achieve broad improvements in drug and government policy [awaiting blog] – Organised by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Dianova International, RIO and the Canadian Addiction Peer Support Association
Drug policy and human rights: cannabis regulation as a humanitarian measure – Organised by Elternkreis Wien with the support of the Knowmad Institute, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Deutschland, the Brazilian Harm Reduction and Human Rights Network and the Cannabis Verband Bayern
09:10 – 10:00
The efforts of Ghana towards placing health and human rights at the heart of national drug policy: lessons learned and future opportunities – Organised by Ghana with the support of Czechia, Germany, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland, the African Union Commission, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Centre for Human Rights and Drug Policy and the International Drug Policy Consortium
Regulation of legal cannabis for medical and cosmetic purposes: lessons learned and exchange of best practices [awaiting blog] – Organised by Morocco
Drug use and health: at the intersection of public health, science and development [awaiting blog] – Organised by the World Health Organization
Peace and drug policy – Organised by Acción Técnica Social with the support of Colombia, the Centro de Estudios sobre Seguridad y Drogas, Universidad de Los Andes, DeJusticia, Elementa DDHH, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Colombia, and the Instituto RIA AC
Children whose parents use drugs – Organised by the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe with the support of Czechia, Mexico and the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (CICAD-OAS)
13:00 – 13:50
Drug checking for monitoring, prevention and harm reduction – Organised by the Netherlands with the support of Canada, Czechia, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, the United States, the European Union, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, the New Zealand Drug Foundation and Safer Drug Policies Norway
Establishing quality assurance mechanisms towards truly effective and efficient treatment and recovery support for people with drug use disorders in community settings – Organised by the UNODC Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Section with the support of Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain, the United States, the World Health Organization, the Vienna NGO Committee on Narcotic Drugs, the New York NGO Committee on Narcotic Drugs and the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (SANA)
Literacy and the rights of people in opioid agonist therapy – Organised by the Médecins du Monde (International)
Drugs and criminal justice. The situation in Latin America and Spain – Organised by the Unión Española de Asociaciones y Entidades de Atención al Drogodependiente (UNAD) with the Support of Spain, the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (CICAD/OAS), Red Iberoamericana de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales que Trabajan en Drogodependencias (RIOD), Dejusticia, the Asociación Costarricense para el Estudio de Intervención en Drogas (ACEID) and Red Internacional de Mujeres Familiares de Personas Privadas de la Libertad (RIMUF)
14:10 – 15:00
Human rights and drugs: what have we learned and where are we heading? – Organised by Czechia with the support of Colombia, Ghana, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the International Drug Policy Consortium
Licit uses of coca crops in Colombia – Organised by the Stichting International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service with the support of Colombia and the Open Society Foundations
Thursday, 16 March
08:00 – 08:50
Global and local perspectives for reparations to the war on drugs – Organised by Dejusticia with the support of the Drug Policy Alliance, Elementa DDHH and the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy
Drug-related detention: Assessing efforts to relieve a crisis in South-east Asia – Organised by Amnesty International with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat, IDUCARE and the Thailand Institute of Justice
Forwards and setbacks in harm reduction in Latin America – Organised by the Intercambios Civil Association
09:10 – 10:00
Humanitarian drug policy: The Rome consensus 2.0 as a pragmatic tool of advocacy to implement universal health coverage – Organised by the Organised by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies with the support of Colombia, Italy, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the Recovery Foundation, the Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative, the Villa Maraini Foundation, the Knowmad Institute, Drug Policy Network South-East Europe, the Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association and the Brazilian Harm Reduction and Human Rights Network
Aligning drug policy with environmental protection – Organised by the Transnational Institute with the support of Brazil, Colombia, the Global Drug Policy Observatory, Health Poverty Action, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Open Society Foundation, Viso Mutop and the Washington Office on Latin America
The death penalty for drug offences: the role of international advocacy and diplomacy – Organised by Harm Reduction International with the support of Australia, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Mongolia, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Amnesty International
Mitigating the risks of corporate capture for legal cannabis markets [awaiting blog] – Organised by the Transform Drug Policy Foundation with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, México Unido Contra la Delincuencia (MUCD), Health Poverty Action and the Norwegian Association for Safer Drug Policies
A gender-sensitive drug policy, what does it entail? – Organised by Dianova International with the support of Sweden, the European Union, the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe and the Civil Society Forum on Drugs
13:00 – 13:50
Implementation of opioid substitution therapy in Belarus [awaiting blog] – Organised by Belarus with the support of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and the UNODC HIV/AIDS Section
The role of research in development and implementation of drug policy – Organised by Greece with the support of the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and the International Society of Addiction Medicine
Relevancia de la inclusión de la perspectiva de género en las políticas de drogas. Indicadores para el monitoreo – Organised by Argentina with the support of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and the Intercambios Civil Association
14:10 – 15:00
Innovation responses to promoting access to controlled medicines, while preventing diversion and non-medical use: Following up on the global “access and availability” campaign led by the chair of the sixty-fifth Commission on Narcotic Drugs – Organised by Belgium with the support of Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, the European Union, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the International Narcotics Control Board, the World Health Organization, the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, Walther Global Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology and the Union for International Cancer Control
Emerging research on psychedelic therapies and their implications for policy – Organised by the UNODC Research and Trend Analysis Branch with the support of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy
Friday, 17 March
08:00 – 08:50
Young sex workers who use drugs: Addressing the stigma and need for change – Organised by Youth Rise with the support of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Women and Harm Reduction International Network, Harm Reduction International, the International Network of People who Use Drugs, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the European Network of People who Use Drugs, Students for Sensible Drug Policy International and Dejusticia
The right to health of people who use drugs: Harm reduction and access to voluntary treatments in a human rights perspective – Organised by the Forum Droghe with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Harm Reduction International, the European Network of People who Use Drugs, la Società della Ragione and the Associazione Luca Coscioni
Showcasing and implementing the Asia-Pacific Common Position on Drugs of the Vienna NGO committee Asia-Pacific Working Group [awaiting blog] – Organised by the Pakistan Youth Organization with the support of the Vienna NGO Committee on Narcotic Drugs and the International Federation of Non-Governmental Organizations for the Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse
09:10 – 10:00
Pandemic prevention, preparedness and responses: What it means for people who use drugs – Organised by INPUD Limited with the support of the UNODC HIV/AIDS Section, the European Network of People who Use Drugs, the African Network of People who Use Drugs, the South African Network of People who Use Drugs, the Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs, the Middle East and North Africa Network of People who Use Drugs, the Network of Asian People who Use Drugs, the Drug Harm Reduction Advocacy Network Nigeria, Women in Response to HIV/AIDS and Drug Addiction, and Youth RISE
The United Nations Joint Programme on Human Rights in the Philippines – Organised by the UNODC Philippines Country Office
Drug policy in Latin America – Organised by Mexico United Against Crime with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Red Latinoaméricana y del Caribe de Personas que Usan Drogas, Intercambios A.C. and Elementa DDHH
13:00 – 13:50
Health and HIV in prisons: Effective strategies to address urgent needs – Organised by Penal Reform International with the support of Belgium, Brazil, Czechia, Mexico, Sweden and the International Drug Policy Consortium
NPS market monitoring: Outcomes of the scanner project – Organised by Youth Organizations for Drug Action with the support of the Asociación Bienestar y Desarrollo, the Flemish centre for expertise on alcohol and other drugs and ReGeneration
“Nothing about us without us”: Opportunities to involve youth in drug policy – Organised by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy with the support of Australia, Canada, the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Youth RISE, Sensible Drug Policy Australia and the International Drug Policy Consortium
14:10 – 15:00
Social equity up front: A progress report on cannabis regulation from New York state officials – Organised by the Open Society Institute
Fractures: Rule of law challenges in the global drug war – Organised by the DRCNet Foundation Inc. with the support of the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Associazione Luca Coscioni and the Forum Droghe
Supporting public health and justice coordination towards effective and evidence-based treatment for people with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system as alternatives to conviction or punishment [awaiting blog] – Organised by the UNODC Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Section with the support of Nigeria, Philippines, the United States, the African Union Commission, the Executive Secretariat of the Inter- American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (CICAD-OAS), the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the World Health Organization, the Vienna NGO Committee on Narcotic Drugs and the New York NGO Committee on Narcotic Drugs
Indigenous-led harm reduction interventions – Organised by the New Zealand Drug Foundation with the support of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Peru, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council, the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, Harm Reduction International and the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation
Cannabis social clubs under European law: A democratic social initiative [awaiting blog] – Organised by the European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies
Challenges and opportunities for drug policy reform [awaiting blog] – Organised by the Brazilian Harm Reduction and Human Rights Network with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Black Initiative for a New Drug Policy, the Brazilian Drug Policy Platform, the Drug policy programme/Fiocruz and the É de Lei Drop in Centre
Informal Dialogues
Tuesday, 14 March
Informal NGO Dialogue: Delegates from WHO, OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDP 09:00 – 10:00
Wednesday, 15 March
Informal NGO Dialogue: UNODC Executive Director 11:00 – 12:00
Thursday, 16 March
Informal NGO Dialogue: CND Chair 09:00 – 10:00
Informal NGO Dialogue: INCB President 11:00 – 12:00