Paraguay. Transit country for some substances. Production of marijuana. Have users now. Smokable cocaine now. Transit production and consumption requires integrated, multidisciplinary and forceful approach. Dialogue with neighbors. Supply reduction good but greater balance with demand reduction. Necessary protection for most vulnerable. Cocaine seizures. 98% cocaine paste. Large variations in purity. Increase in price of …
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High Level Segment – Statement by Ghana
Ghana. Threat from NPS to Ghana and all vulnerable countries. First. Demand reduction strategy, comprehensive approach, engagement with national stakeholders to improve skills and enhance capacity. Mainstream community participation. Pool of resources for strategic advice. Enhance prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. Strengthen regime for treatment and rehab of drug dependent. Progress being made. Drug abuse sensitization …
High Level Segment – Statement by Norway
Statement by State Secretary Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg To be delivered Thursday 13 March 5.00 pm Thank you Mr. Chairperson Let me first congratulate you on your election as chairman of the CND and to commend the UNODC and many delegations here in Vienna for their preparations up to this High Level Segment of the CND. …
High Level Segment – Statement by Thailand
I appreciate the efforts by UNODC to convene this high level segment to review the objectives set out in the 2009 Political Declaration and Plan of Action. It is my honour to attend this meeting. Thailand has been actively taking a role in implementing the conventions and 2009 declaration. At global and regional level, we …
Thursday morning Plenary Statement by Poland
Poland. Condemns lack of will to eliminate capital punishment. Advocates protection of rights of psychoactive substance users. Using drugs is defined as a complex phenomenon. In recent years, concerted efforts to prevent by means alternative to penal systems. Balance between drug demand and supply reduction has given way to evidence based treatment programs. A great …
Money Laundering Roundtable (part 1)
Chair: opens meeting and lays down the rules of the roundtable. Full title is “international cooperation: countering money-laundering and promoting judicial cooperation”. Secretariat: Money laundering is a problem connected to the international trade in drugs. More countries criminalised money laundering in 2013 than in 2012. Many banks have started conducting better checks on accounts, and keeping …