United States: On the supply side, global production of cocaine, opium poppy and synthetic drugs continue to increase, requires strategic and targeted domestic control measures. In addition to paying attention to these founding documents, we must pay attention to new realities, including grave threat posed by use of synthetic drugs, where our public health emergency …
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Plenary Session: Item 6. Implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem
Chair: Good morning please take your seats. We will now take up item 6 – Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem – Particularly B supply reduction and C countering money laundering Chief of organised crime and illicit trafficking branch with UNODC …
Plenary Item 6. Implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International cooperation towards an Integrated and balanced strategy to counter the world drug problem
Associate Director of John Hopkins University for Aids Research (Video): The world has embraced the goal of eradicating aids. Globally 11.8 million people inject drugs of whom 1/8 are living with HIV. Among the many groups, people who inject drugs face the greatest risk of HIV. We reviewed the impact of drug policy on human …
Plenary: Item 5. Implementation of the international drug control treaties (Wednesday 14th Afternoon Session)
5C China: China has hosted a law enforcement meeting in 2017. We will support the work of the INCB and we hope it will be more focused on its responsibilities. Norway: We look forward to receiving the report. We have associated ourselves with the EU statement on the report. It highlights the topic of treatment …
Plenary: Item 5. Implementation of the international drug control treaties (Wednesday 14th Morning Session)
(a) Changes in the scope of control of substances Secretary: For Item 5a on changing in the scope of control of substances proposed scheduling recommendations initiated by the WHO. It reflects comments from governments on factors related to recommendation initiated by the WHO. The Commision will examine recommendation on 12 substances as applicable to the …
Plenary: Item 3 General Debate (Wednesday 14th – Morning Session)
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 …