Chair: Welcome. Today, to promote participation, we are conducting this meeting in a hybrid format. I welcome all our panelists, youth ambassadors, and the 26 registered speakers. WDR is historically launched on World Drug Day which is a very important day for us all to advance SDGs and build back better. The theme this year …
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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 …
Plenary Item 10. Provisional agenda for the sixty-fifth session of the Commission / Item 11. Other business
Chair: I invite the Commission to approve the agenda as it is contained in the documentation provided. Switzerland: During the resumed 63rd session, Switzerland requires a subsidiary item under item 7, in relation to UNODC’s leadership in the coordination of the Task Team on the Common Position. In its 2019 Ministerial declaration, CND asked for …
Plenary Item 9. Contributions by the Commission to the work of the Economic and Social Council, in line with General Assembly resolution 72/305, including follow-up to and review and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Chair: Recalls legal basis for this agenda item and the work of the UN CND on matters related to the SDGs. Declaration L2 will be submitted to ECOSOC as a contribution. Secretariat: As you mentioned, the CND and also the sister commission, CCPCJ, are both functional commissions of ECOSOC. Thereby also asked to contribute to …
Plenary Item 8. Recommendations of the subsidiary bodies of the Commission
Secretariat: We had speakers left on Item 8 and Item 9, 10 and 11 are also pending. Your suggestion is that we take remaining business for Plenary now. And after Item 11, I understand that then it will be important to see what the outstanding resolution is and when the CoW can resume and then, …
Informal Dialogue: WHO representatives
(Please note that, unfortunately, the first half of this informal dialogue was not recorded. If you have a copy that we could use to produce transcriptions, please do not hesitate to get in touch). Ricardo Pareyda, Veterans Action Council: How can cannabis and cannabinoid medicines benefit from the numerous WHO programs on patient safety & pharmacovigilance, …