Canada – Canada is a strong supporter of the UNGASS outcome document and is committed to the implementation of its operational recommendations. The UNGASS outcome document not only represents the latest international consensus, but provides a balanced and comprehensive guide for our efforts to respond to the world drug problem. By incorporating key commitments from the …
From Plenary Sessions
Plenary Session: Item 7. Follow-up to the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem held in 2016, including the seven thematic areas of the outcome document of the special session.
Chair: Member states committed to report timely on their progress in implementing the recommendations set out in the Outcome Document. The Commission held two rounds of discussion in 2016 and decided to continue holding such discussions; a third thematic discussion was held in 2017. Ambassador Moitinho de Almeida of Portugal: As CND facilitator for the …
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 (Afternoon session)
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 …
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 …