Part (i) Domestic, regional and cross-regional responses to drugs-related crime countering money-laundering including, where appropriate, in the connection with the financing of terrorism, promoting judicial cooperation in criminal matters (ii) Addressing emerging issues including new psychoactive substances, precursors and the misuse of the Internet The chairs of the interactive discussions will prepare summaries on the …
From NGO Statements
IDPC speech at CND Intersessional – 5th December 2014
Thank you for giving me the floor Mr. Chairman, esteemed delegates. My intervention on behalf of International Drug Policy Consortium will be in two sections, procedural and substantive, although I believe as the Uruguay representative said yesterday that the procedural is substantive. I thank the Chair and Secretariat for facilitating civil society involvement in the …
Launch of the Civil Society Task Force for the UNGASS on drugs – 3rd December 2014
The Civil Society Task Force (CSTF) for the 2016 UNGASS was launched in Vienna on Wednesday 3rd December by the Vienna and New York NGO Committees. The event was chaired by H.E. Ambassador Bente Angell –Hansen of Norway. The first speaker was Aldo Lale-Demoz, Director, UNODC Division for Operations who emphasized that civil society …
CND Inter-Sessional Session to discuss preparations for the UNGASS – 23 October 2014
MORNING SESSION Chair (Ambassador Khaled Shamaa, Egypt) : He welcomes to the 6th Inter-Sessional meeting of the CND during its 57th session. As part of his role as Chair of the CND, he reported to the Third Committee of the General Assembly on the agenda item in international drug control, in particular on the work of the …
CND Inter-Sessional Session to discuss preparations for the UNGASS 2016 – 4 September 2014
MORNING SESSION Click here to view the presentations on UNGASS 2016. Chair (Ambassador Khaled Shamaa, Egypt): Began by introducing various procedural matters, and the agenda for the day was adopted. It is expected that UN General Assembly will adopt the UNGASS preparations resolution at their 69th Session. The Chair also encouraged Member States to invite civil society organisations …
CND intersessional – 10th June 2014
Member States gathered at the first intersessional since the 57th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to discuss issues related to UNGASS, law enforcement, HIV prevention and demand reduction, etc. A summary of the discussions is available below. Agenda item 1 – Consideration of Resolution 57/5 on UNGASS Chair. The chair urged civil society …