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Side event: Drugs and the environment: Towards more environmentally sustainable drug policies

Organised by Germany with the support of Australia, Brazil, France, Peru, Thailand and the UNODC Research and Trend Analysis Branch Daniel Brombacher, GIZ, Germany. We are happy to see the issue of the environment having gained growing support. Our AD resolution in 2022 was the first that had the environment in the title. This year’s …

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Side Event: Addressing human rights challenges related to drug use in humanitarian and other crisis settings

Organised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with the support of Belgium, Czechia, Mexico, Paraguay, Switzerland, Uruguay, the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Agence Française de Développement, the Alliance for Public Health, the …

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Side event: Taking the Pledge4Action to ensure adequate availability of internationally controlled essential medicines

The 50-minute side event was sponsored by the Kingdom of Belgium and hosted by the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care. Co-sponsors were Dianova, CAPSA, INCB, Pallium India, Union for International Cancer Control, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs, and the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance. Professor Dr Dr Charlotte Colman, Professor Drug Policy and …

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66th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (#CND66) – CND Blog Index

Below, the CND Blog offers an Index of the close-to-120 hours of real-time non-literal blogging material captured during the 66th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. INDEX Plenary Committee of the Whole Side Events Informal Dialogues Plenary   Opening of the 66th Session of the CND Item 1. Election of officers Item 2. Adoption of the …

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Side event: Examples of public private partnerships promoting social integration of justice-involved individuals with substance use disorders

Antonio Lomba Moderator: Good afternoon and welcome, without delay I will welcome Ambassador Bortezi of Italy. Ambassador Alessandro Cortese: I am delighted to open this side-event, co-sponsored by our government. I thank the organizers for the invite, in particular long standing friends San Patrignano. We take reintegration and rehabilitation of people who use drugs very …

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