Session started with administrative issues and the adoption of the budget resolution – amended from Monday after FINGOV meeting (E/CN.7/2016/L.16 – Implementation of the budget 2016/2017 for the UN drug control programme). Agenda item 6. Implementation of the international drug control treaties. Chair: Under this item we have invited the WHO to present to present …
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Side event: Aligning drug control efforts with the 2030 sustainable development agenda
Side event organised by the United Nations Development Programme. Moderated by: J.V.R. Prasada Rao, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for AIDS in Asia and in the Pacific. Good afternoon and welcome to this session. I am happy to be heading this side event. There is telling evidence that the world is planning to protect people …
Side Event: Striving for Equity in the Treatment of Pain
Dr Zipporah Ali: In Kenya, advocacy is changing the policy landscape. Continuous meetings with ministry of health have helped to achieve this. The national authority for the campaign of drug abuse, invited us to take part in a workshop. Eventually, the narcotic drugs psychotropic control act 1994 was amended, following progressive policy proposals. This is …
Special segment, fourth meeting
Hungary: Pleasure to represent the UNGASS board. In line with past directives, we will now give the floor to the youth forum, to inform the plenary about their work. Youth Forum: Thanks for the opportunity. The main goal is to achieve a better tomorrow for the world’s youth. We would like to share our experiences. …
Side Event: Addressing TB and HIV in people who inject drugs is a public health priority
Cancelled.
Side Event: Roadmaps to Regulation: Coca, Cocaine and Derivatives
Amanda Feilding, Beckley Foundation | In 2012, I was invited to advise President Otto Pérez Molina. Surprising that there is very little research on the legal regulation of the end product at the heart of such devastation, cocaine. I expected the report would do for coca, cocaine and its derivatives what Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond …