The original text can be downloaded here Argentina and Ireland are the main sponsors of the resolution. The only major changes involved Egypt suggesting opening the text to include other relevant organisations rather than just INTERPOL and European Police Office. Some further discussion about the budgetary implications. Text approved
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Opening plenary: presentation by representatives of United State of America
The US government is committed to the international control of drugs and fully second the statement of the UNODC executive director for expansion of drug prevention and evidence-based intervention. In the US we have reduced cocaine use. The US does not claim a monopoly of best practice to drug control. Each government must decide its …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L2: Enhancing international cooperation in the identification and reporting of new psychoactive substances
Sponsored by: Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Peru and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mexico Turkey Finland Thailand USA The original text can be accessed here. Venezuela: Asks to include “use of poppers” to the preamble text. A number of small grammatical changes made by the UK in the pre-ample paragraphs Canada gets …
Opening Plenary: Statement by Represntative of Uruguay
The world is facing a big challenge as drug problem has crossed entire cultures. In the 20th century we had a goal of drug free society which has created a more complex issue in our fight against drug. This has meant attacking human rights and damage to human being. We can say with full conviction …
Side event: The EU Drug strategy 2013-2020
Chairperson: Ambassador Gyorgyi Martin Zanathy, Head of delegation of the EU to the international organizations in Vienna. She made introductions and opened the session. There event was addressed by four special guest speakers: Mr. Alex White T.D, Minister of state for primary care, Ireland; Mr. Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director UNODC; Ms. Paola Tardioli- Schiavo, European …
Informal civil society hearing – Panel 2
Panel 2. When is it ‘appropriate’ for affected populations and civil society entities to play a participatory role in the formulation and implementation of drug policy? The objective of this session was to define the “were appropriate” from the Political Declaration. Sandeep Chawla, UNODC This question is part of the bureaucracy of the process. In …