Side event organised by Harm Reduction International with the support of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechia, Mongolia, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Portugal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the United Nations Development Programme, …
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Side event: Global civil society inputs for the 2024 mid-term review and beyond
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 …
L.4. Improving access to and availability of controlled substances for medical purposes, including for the treatment of children in pain, through the promotion of awareness-raising, training and data collection (Belgium on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Union, and Côte d’Ivoire)
Belgium: I suggest we start from PP9. Chair: Thank you, let’s turn to PP9. Do I have any comments on PP9? Chile: Thank you for the floor. For Chile, a suggestion, instead of ‘hindering’ we suggest the language of ‘limiting’ as hindering has negative context. Russian Federation: We could agree on the language from Chile. …
L.2. Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development: effective implementation and future perspectives (Germany, Peru and Thailand)
Chair: Welcome back. Thailand: Thank you Madam Chair. Unfortunately we did not manage to agree on any further PPs although we made some progress but it seems some of the delegation were holding onto some of the paragraphs to see the outcomes of the others. For now this morning we had PP11 written as agreed …
Item 3. High-level segment (Friday afternoon)
Bangladesh: H. E. Ambassador Johnson, Chair of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its 67th Session, H. E. Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the UNODC, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon. I begin by congratulating Ambassador Johnson and other members of the bureau and assure them of our full support. Mr. Chair, We …
Item 3. High-level segment (Friday morning)
Canada: Esteemed Chair, Ministers, Heads of Delegation, Distinguished Delegates, and Civil Society Representatives: Canada is experiencing one of the most serious public health crises in our country’s history: an unrelenting toxic drug and overdose crisis. The impact and scope of the toxic drug crisis is devastating and more complex than ever. Tragically, we have seen …