This intersessional meeting was intended as the first day of formal negotiations on the draft of the Joint Ministerial Statement (JMS) for the 2014 High Level Segment. However, the Peruvian Chair stated at the opening that the original plan – to produce a collation of member state comments/proposals, then work through them systematically in three …
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 …
Op4: China – Still has problems with paragraph 4, wants to remove the term “diversion” and included a reference to the “Illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances”. This was contested by Venezuela to be in line with the title of the convention. This resolution only covers one of two scenarios – 1 being …
Argentina points out some mistakes in the INCB 2012 report: The number of illicit cocaine processing centres in Argentina. The number of seizures of amphetamine type stimulants. The shipments from Argentina to Australia. The claim that imports in New Zealand do not on the most part originate in Argentina as claimed in the INCB report. …
The original text can be downloaded here Argentina and Ireland are the main sponsors of the resolution. The only major changes involved Egypt suggesting opening the text to include other relevant organisations rather than just INTERPOL and European Police Office. Some further discussion about the budgetary implications. Text approved
Dr. Juan Manzur Mrs. Chair: My sincere gratitude to you, and to the members of the Commission, for giving me the opportunity to address to the Plenary on this occasion. It is an honor to share with you some ideas at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which we believe is the appropriate framework for analysis, …