Secretary General OSCE: Mme Chairperson, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to address this 60th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). I thank UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov, an excellent partner of our organization, for the invitation and I thank his able team for organizing this important meeting. The world drug …
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UNGASS: Thirtieth special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem (5th plenary meeting)
The full statements delivered by member states during the UNGASS general debate are available here. President of Peru: The new government has increased development in our country and has made a big difference in terms access to drinking water and other factors. We have diversified the crop growth in our country and increased crops such …
Agenda Item 7: World situation with regard to drug trafficking and recommendations of the subsidiary bodies of the Commission
Chair: The 10th meeting is now open. Consideration of Item of 7 – Drug Trafficking. Documents to be considered: E/CN.7/2016/5 E/CN.7/2016/10 The UNODC will now present a report on global illicit drug prevalence You can read the report here. UNODC: My introduction adds to the report shared with you by the chair, with some additions. …
Resolution L11. Promoting prevention strategies and policies aimed at improving public health and social well-being
E/CN.7/2016/L.11 Egypt: Like to thank our Peru for tabling this resolution. We’d like to insert “safety” before public health in the title of the resolution. PP1 Russia: Does the title of the resolution link with its text? Why are conventions on crime mentioned in PP1? Peru: We feel there is an implicit link between crime …
Resolution L8. Mainstreaming a gender perspective into drug-related policies and programmes
Mexico: Would like to thank Australia for its co-sponsorship of this resolution. PP1. No comments. PP2. Russia: Can we delete “Welcoming the efforts made by Member States to achieve and comply with the provisions of” and replace with “Reaffirming the obligations under”? And add “as the cornerstone of the international drug control system” to the …
Agenda Item 5. Implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem UNGASS 2016
Documents: E/CN.7/2016/2-E/CN.15/2016/2 E/CN.7/2016/4 E/CN.7/2016/5 E/CN.7/2016/6 E/CN.7/2016/7 E/CN.7/2016/8 E/CN.7/2016/11 E/CN.7/2016/13 E/CN.7/2016/14 E/CN.7/2016/CRP.3 (a) Demand reduction and related measures; Aldo Lale-Demoz, UNODC: Let me testify to members states the achievements that are available to us. Let me show how I have made notable achievements. The rationale for including health care and treatments are provable. We must move …