A summary of the panel, produced by the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, can be accessed here. A full recording is available at UN Web TV. Opening Statement Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (Statement) Panel Moderator and the Panellists Ruth Dreifuss, former President of the Swiss Confederation and member of the Global Commission on Drug …
Albania
Adoption of final report of CND
Chair of the CoW We had before us 16 draft proposals which have been approved by the Committee of the Whole. A full list of the resolutions is available at: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/session/56-draft-resolutions.html. There has been a request to consider the draft resolution on Afghanistan first. Resolution E/CN7/2013/L10/REF1 – Strengthening international cooperation in combating illicit opiates originating …
Resolution L4: Intensifying the efforts to achieve the targets of the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS among people who use drugs, in particular the target to reduce HIV transmission among PWUD by 50% by 2015
The full text of the resolution is available here. Preliminary paragraphs accepted without comments from delegations. All OPs accepted without comments from delegations. Financial implications: OP 2, 3, 4, 7, 9. 1.8 million for capacity building workshops of CSOs addressing the needs of civil society partners. Additional funding for support of CSO work, roll out …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L9
Developing an international electronic import and export authorisation system for licit trade of controlled substances. Sponsors: Croatia, Denmark on behalf of the EU, Albania, United States. Amendment to operative paragraph 2, the rest of text is deleted as the same text is contained in operative paragraph 6. Budgetary Implications 506,000 dollars to develop deploy and …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L4
100th anniversary of the opium convention Co-sponsors Thailand, United States, Albania, Croatia Peru and the Russian Federation There has been an amendment to the second preamble paragraph No financial consequences Additional cosponsors Canada, Colombia, Denmark on behalf of the EU, Turkey, Ukraine, Philippines, India, Mexico, Australia, Costa Rica.
Committee of the Whole – resolution L.10
Promoting the use and availability of measures to prevent death from opiate overdose The resolution is sponsored by Croatia, EU, Israel, Albania and the USA. Budgetary implications: Operative paragraphs 2-4 of the resolution: – 386,000 dollars will be required to organise an expert consultation on overdose prevention and technical consultations, translation and printed guidelines, and …