Moderator: Penny Hill, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Speaker: Jagjit Pavadia, INCB President Jagjit Pavadia, INCB President: I am please to meet with you today. The board recognises the important role played by civil society in recognising health and wellbeing. INCB is committed to ongoing cooperation with NGOs including this informal dialogue, meetings during the …
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Plenary 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.
March 16th, Thursday 10 a.m. (…) Japan: We have made efforts to support the Ministerial Declaration of 2019. Endeavour to implement supply and demand reduction measures in a comprehensive manner in the framework of national drug prevention strategy. Recognizing challenges specific to the country we have implemented demand reduction, prevention measures and awareness activities to …
Side event. 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 Zaved Mahmood, OHCHR (Moderator): Special greetings to Pat O’Hare, the founder of Harm Reduction International. In accordance with international human …
Side event: 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
Informal Civil Society Dialogue with the CND Chair
Speakers: Matej Kosir, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs H.E. Miguel Camilo Ruiz Blanco, CND Chair Jo Dedeyne-Amann, Secretariat to the Governing Bodies of UNODC 1. NGOs Computer Literacy Shelter Welfare ,Pakistan, Masooma zahra Invitations to CND meetings are not always sent early enough to allow for the time to process visa requests. In addition, it …
Side Event: Drug-related detention: assessing efforts to relieve a crisis in Southeast Asia
Organized by Amnesty International with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat, IDUCARE and the Thailand Institute of Justice. Watch the video recording here. Gloria Lai, International Drug Policy Consortium: Hi everyone. Welcome to the side event at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This side event is on ‘Drug-related …