Russia: Discussion of item 8 regarding follow up to UNGASS should be more inclusive and should be attended by an in depth discussion regarding the implementation of 2009 Political Declaration. We have no certainty that it is advisable to split these two issues into two tracks. This discussion should proceed as a single format as …
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Committee of the Whole – Resolution L.13 Enhancing law enforcement capacity to counter illicit drug trafficking through training (Thursday afternoon)
Draft resolution submitted prior to session. Comments on OP.3 Turkey: Have we passed OP.2? Russia: I’d like to clarify how we reached a compromise on OP.2. Let’s go through the rest and then come back to OP.2. Chair: OP.3 is agreed in the COW. Comments on OP.10 Russia: We’d like to clarify something with secretary of UNODC – is …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L.12 Promoting measures to prevent HIV and other blood-borne infections among people who use drugs, and increasing financing for the global HIV/AIDS response and for drug use prevention and drug demand reduction efforts (Thursday afternoon)
Link to draft resolution as submitted before the session. Norway: We have been through this in the informals and agreed on everything in the informals. We just have some issues on OP.4 and OP.5. Comments on final PP Brazil: In this paragraph that we just agreed upon, we should say ‘use drugs’ not ‘injecting drugs’ for consistency. …
Side event: Cannabidiol oil for medical purposes: The Brazilian regulatory experience
Organised by the Government of Brazil. Camilla Gomes (Brazilian Health Regulatory National Agency – Office of Controlled Substances) Good afternoon and welcome – in Brazil we have the Office of Controlled Substances – which includes unregulated substances. We’ve held consultations with international regulatory agencies about unregulated substances. We’re holding this side event as we wanted to …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L.13: Enhancing law enforcement capacity to counter illicit drug trafficking through training
E/CN.7/2017/L.13 Enhancing law enforcement capacity to counter illicit drug trafficking through training Russia: Held three informals. Thank for flexibility. Every paragraph is agreed on the text. Hope we can proceed smoothly in the CoW. Chair. Title? No comments. The title is agreed in the CoW. Let’s move to preambular. PP1? No comments from the floor. Agreed …
Plenary – Agenda item 8: Implementation of the international drug control treaties
Chair: Egypt has asked to speak before Agenda Item 8b. Egypt: We are committed to the 3 conventions – they constitute the cornerstone for national policies that combat drugs. The 3 documents are the roadmap to addressing the world drug problem. We fully believe in the balance of efforts to reduce the supply and demand of …