Colombia: We wish to recall the end of the armed conflict allowing our country to move towards a solution to drug production. A voluntary substitution policy tied to development plans will enable us to progress to structural solutions. In my country we put an end to a 54-year conflict and the direct impact of this …
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Side Event: Legal uses and markets for cannabis, coca and opium poppy – breaking disbalances and stigma under UNGASS 2016 approach
Martin Jelsma: We have an opportunity to explore the power of nature and under the framework of the conventions. Fernando Botero: I am grateful to you for exploring this topic. Colombia is always placing human beings at the centre of policy. To see UN-wide cooperation to address the world drug problem. Colombia joins those who …
Side event: World Drug Report: Latest trends and addressing users’ needs
Organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Research and Trend Analysis Branch. Pakistan Office. The event will review the current issues on drug demand and drug supply that characterize the world drug problem and the way in which they are currently addressed in the World Drug Report. It will provide an opportunity …
Plenary: Item 3 General Debate (Tuesday 13th – Morning Session)
Mexico: We meet because of our interest to tackle the World Drug Problem. Aware of the progress made so far, Mexico would like to strengthen the work of the CND in ordinary meetings, subsidiaries and intersessional. For Mexico it is important to replicate the good practice of this process. The implementation of the UNGASS document is …
Side Event: Saving Lives by Ending the Drug War
Panel: Ann Fordham, Brun González, Jane Slater, Jindřich Vobořil, Mary Catherine Alvarez, Maricela Orozco Montalvo, Suzanne Sharkey, Peter Muyshondt Jindřich Vobořil: Welcome to our event. I am the National Drug Coordinator for the Czech Republic. We combined different ways of approaching this issue. We will start with some real life stories first of all. Jane …
Special Event, 22nd June: Vienna Launch of the World Drug Report
The Ambassador of Norway (CND Chair): Today is an important day, when we can be grateful for all of the good work done under the conventions, and for the hard work being done around the world. I am also grateful for the work of UNODC and the sterling work of civil society, who we have …