We thank the Secretariat for the preparations so far, ensuring timely submission of documents for this session. We fully associate with the statements delivered by the G77 and China, as well as the Africa Group. The world drug problem continues to pose a threat to society and individuals, including organised crime, money laundering and terrorism. …
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UNGASS Special Segment Day 1 – statement by Guatemala
Guatemala relinquishes their statement as it echoes the statements of Mexico, Uruguay and Colombia.
UNGASS Special Segment Day 1 – Statement by Ecuador
Ecuador is attending this 58th Session of the CND with serious concern around drug policy and its implementation. The model put forward based on demand and supply reduction cause prices to rise and has not yielded expected results, with a surge in trafficking, and impacts in security, poverty, etc. especially in smaller countries. Over 50 …
UNGASS Special Session Day 1 – Statement by Japan
Japan commits itself to implement the 2009 political declaration and plan of action. We hope that the CND, as the central policy making body, will lead strongly in the prep process towards the UNGASS. We want to expose our efforts to implement the political declaration, in particular in demand and supply reduction efforts. Japan has …
UNGASS Special Segment Day 1 – Statement by the Philippines
We note the progress achieved since 2009 and the adoption of the 2009 political declaration and look forward to reaching our target in 2019. We must sustain our efforts. National drug strategy has pillars: demand reduction, supply reduction, alternative development, international cooperation. But there is room for progress for the development of holistic and integrated …
UNGASS Special Segment Day 1 – statement by Spain
For Spain, the UN declaration on human rights needs to be part of the foundation for the international approach to drug policy. Spain takes a public health approach to drug policy. Our constitution compels us to preserve the right to health. We have risk reduction, and at the street level we intend to make people …