Organised by the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs with the support of Australia, Portugal, Slovenia, the United States, the African Union Commission, the European Union, the UNODC Civil Society Unit, the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States, the Africa Civil Society Forum on Drugs, the American …
African Union Commission
Side event. The efforts of Ghana towards placing health and human rights at the heart of national drug policy: lessons learned and future opportunities
Organized by Ghana with the support of Czechia, Germany, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland, the African Union Commission, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Centre for Human Rights and Drug Policy and the International Drug Policy Consortium Moderator: Mary Wangui Mugwanja, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations …
Side event: Africa; strategic findings to understand and address a multi-faceted drug problem
Organized by the UNODC Regional Section for Africa and the Middle East with the support of the UNODC Research and Trend Analysis Branch Alexia Taveau, Programme Coordinator, Regional Section for Africa and the Middle East, UNODC: What we are addressing in this event is particularly timely as UNODC recently launched its strategic vision for Africa …
Special event: Commemoration of the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, launch of the 2020 World Drug Report, discussion on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world drug situation
Special Event of the CND, Commemoration of the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and Launch of the 2020 World Drug Report followed by a Discussion on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the world drug situation, virtual event Chair: We are greatly honoured by the Austrian Federal Minister for …
Side Event: Side Event “Beyond 2019: African Civil Society Common Position on Drugs”
Mirella Dummar-Frahi (UNODC Civil Society Team): We have been working with VNGOC for many years and happy to welcome you to this side event. Jean-Luc Lemahieu (UNODC): Pleasure to be here. Thank you George from the Slumchild Foundation for initiating the process that brought us here. 96 organizations in the African Union. Third session of …
Side event: Integrated methadone programme with take away doses for people with opioid use disorders in Tanzania
Organized by the government of the United Republic of Tanzania, the European Union, and Fundacion Internacional y para Iberoamerica de Administration y Politicas Publicas (FIIAPP) Col M.M. Abdallah, Chairman, NDLEA, Nigeria chaired. Welcomes empirical studies, has seen impact when visiting Tanzania, good example of EU and African country cooperation. Tom Carter, lead of Heroin Route …