Commission will identify the notifications in the order they were received. Begin with mephedrone recommended by the UK. Then will look at ketamine recommended by China. Then will look at reocmmendations from the WHO including (a) AH-7921 should be placed in Schedule I of the 1961 Convention; (b) gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL), 1,4-butanediol, 25B-NBOMe (2C-B-NBOMe), 25C-NBOMe (2C-C-NBOMe) …
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Uruguay Ambassador Speech to CND final CND Plenary
Uruguay Delegation Plenary Speech Unofficial Translation (Katherine Pettus) Vienna, March 21, 2014, 57th session of the CND I shall explain our position on the UNGASS resolution. The world drug problem is complex. Simplistic, one size fits all approaches are inappropriate. This is why we have always said, in this very hall, that it should be …
CND Day 4 – CADCA statement
Drug Policy Futures, Kevin Sabet: one of writers of 2012 OAS report but less happy on way it has been portrayed in media and by CS. We are part of DPF, promoting balanced approach based on health and appropriate role for LE, not dichotomy of war on drug or legalisation. Our demand for illegal drugs …
CND Day 4 – VNGOC statement
We have evidence based interventions which can greatly increase effectiveness of prevention, early intervention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery. But little evidence these are implemented. Evidence of strategies, but not of resources and implementations. We have evidence base, limited which need to be improved across 3 pillars of plan of action. Debate on effective drug …
CND Plenary Day 4 – Item 11: World situation with regard to drug trafficking and recommendations of the subsidiary bodies of the Commission
Chief of Implementation Support Section Opium cultivation in Afghanistan hit record levels in 2013. Majority of opium seizures made by Iran. Heroin seizures cover a wider range of countries. Between 2005 and 2011, coca bush cultivation in Peru increased. Decreased slightly in 2012, but this is important as it represents a shift in the trend. …