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 …
Resolution can be read here: http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/V12/514/56/PDF/V1251456.pdf?OpenElement Questions are raised about what the financial burden’s on member states will be? and whether there is capacity building assistance. Further comments are made about how this system should take into account the domestic requirements of member states and proposes new paragraph on this issue where UNODC should assist …
We have a few issues with some of the data published in this document. In 1999, some of the stats for Belgium are unreliable and not fully accurate. An estimate of Belgium’s consumption of some substances are skewed because of methodology issues. Our health services have promoted alternative methods to the using of benzodiazepene’s which …
The Belgiun representative endorsed the European Presidency’s statement and recognised drug abuse as a public health issue requiring that appropriate services are made available. They recognised the problem caused by internet drug sales and the powerlessness governments have over this. They referred to their commitment to counter Fentinel diversion. They recognised that the numbers of …