UN TV: Commission on Narcotic Drugs Reconvened sixty-eighth session in Vienna – Joint CND & CCPCJ meeting Annotated provisional agenda [ENG] Chair (CND): We have a full afternoon and will start with agenda item five on implementation of the international drug control treaties. UNODC will report on its evidence-based work, including activities under resolution 66/3 …
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Reconvened 68th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs – 4 December 2025 morning
4: Joint reconvened 68th CND / 34th CCPCJ: Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions Chair CCPCJ: Welcome. We will jointly Chair with the CND Chair. We are broadcast on UN Web TV. Let us proceed with consideration of the annotated agenda. Can we agree? United States: The US objects to Item 10 in the provisional …
Side event: Reintegration of persons released from detention or subjected to non-custodial measures
Mr. Simon Walker, OHCHR. Good morning! I am Simon Walker, Chief of the Rule of Law and Democracy Section of the Office of the United High Commissioner for Human Rights. OHCHR is pleased to organise this special event in collaboration with Costa Rica, Colombia, South Africa and Switzerland, the Global Campus of Human Rights, the Penal …
48th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) – Public information session – 20 October 2025
While the CND Blog usually covers meetings of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, we are exceptionally reporting on this public session of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence due to its direct relevance to the forthcoming CND vote on the scheduling of the coca leaf, expected in March 2026. The forty-eighth Expert Committee on Drug Dependence …
CND Thematic Discussions on the Implementation of All International Drug Policy Commitments, following-up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration – 2 October 2025 – Afternoon Session
Session 6: Other Substantive Matters Evidence snapshots: – Alternative development – Thierry Rostan, UNODC (in person): The concept of alternative development has evolved considerably since its earliest application in the 60s. Narrow crop substitution efforts change into integrated rural development initiatives, which, over time, became more people centered and have increasingly incorporated environmental concerns. Important …
CND Thematic Discussions on the Implementation of All International Drug Policy Commitments, following-up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration – 2 October 2025 – Morning Session
Session 5: Lack of Availability of Internationally Controlled Substances for Medical and Scientific Purposes Evidence Snapshot on Access to controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes: Ms. Chloe Carpentier, Chief, Research and Knowledge Production Section, UNODC: … if we look at how much the global population has access to pain management and palliative care, we …