Organised by the IDPC Consortium with the support of Canada, Colombia, Czechia, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the United Nations Development Programme Ann Fordham, Executive Director, International Drug Policy Consortium: Welcome to this side event:Paving the way for …
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Item 7. Inter-agency cooperation and coordination of efforts in addressing and countering the world drug problem
Chair: In the political declaration and plan of action of 2009 member states encouraged int agencies, UNODC, WHO UNDP UNAIDs & INCB to engage in dialogue in order to strengthen interagency coordination for a more effective response… Members states reaffirmed the principle rule of the commission as the policy making body of the Un as …
Item 6. Follow-up to the implementation at the national, regional and international levels of all commitments, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, to address and counter the world drug problem (cont.)
Chair: Welcome back to the discussion of Item Number 6. I will begin by giving the floor to Uganda. Uganda: Chair, allow me to congratulate you as Chair and commend the member states to their important work. Uganda affirms that the fight against the World Drug Problem is the shared responsibility of all UN member states. …
Side event: Decriminalize drug use and possession for personal use: Why, what, and how?
Organized by the Drug Policy Network South East Europe with the support of Montenegro, Serbia, the Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network, the European Union Civil Society Forum on Drugs, Fédération Addiction, Forum Droghe, the International Drug Policy Consortium, Juventas, the Knowmad Institut, Positive Voice, Prevent and the Villa Maraini Foundation Katrin Schiffer, C-EHRN: Present …
Side event: Drug policy and human rights: Perspectives from Latin America
Organized by the Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil Conselho Federal with the support of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad, the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and Rede Brasileira de Redução de Danos e Direitos Humanos Francisco …
Item 6. Follow-up to the implementation at the national, regional and international levels of all commitments, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, to address and counter the world drug problem.
(…) UNODC: Thank you, Mr. Chair, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen. It is my pleasure to brief the Commission on some of the significant efforts UNODC has undertaken over the last year to confront the global drug problem, in line with the Ministerial Declaration of 2019. Given time constraints, I will highlight just a few …