Luis Guilherme Paiva, National Secretary for Drug Policy, Brazil. The idea here is not to give a description of the programmes. We want this to be a roundtable event. We will have minutes for panellists, then a round of questions among them, and we will then open questions from the floor. Luciana Temer, Secretary for social …
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UNGASS roundtable 4: New challenges, threats and realities
Co-chair 1: Good morning, we will start. Let me call the 4th round table on the world drug problem. Let me take this opportunity to cordially welcome all of you to the deliberation today. The round-table is entitled: Cross-cutting issues, new challenges, threats and realities. I read Forbes magazine last night, it was stressed last …
General Assembly: Thirtieth Special Session of the General Assembly on the World Drug Problem (4th plenary meeting)
The full statements delivered by member states during the UNGASS general debate are available here. The Special Session will be an important milestone in achieving the goals set in the policy document of 2009 “Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem”, …
UNGASS roundtable 3: Cross-cutting issues: Drugs and human rights, youth, women, children and communities
GRULAC – H.E. Ana H. Chacon, Vice President, Costa Rica – Costa Rica never saw drug use as a crime, but as a problem to be dealt with from a health perspective. We didn’t put people in prison for using drugs. In 2002, passed a law to use 60% of resources from seized drugs to …
Side Event: The impact of drug policies on women who use drugs: Perspectives on gender equality, human rights and harm reduction
Organised by the Government of Brazil, National Advocates for Pregnant Women, Amnesty International, Harm Reduction Coalition, Eurasian Harm Reduction Network, International Network of People who Use Drugs, and Open Society Foundations. ‘On the occasion of the UNGASS on the World Drug Problem, please join us for an important discussion about the impact of drug policies …
UNGASS Roundtable 1: Demand reduction and related measures
Demand reduction and related measures, including prevention and treatment, as well as health-related issues; an ensuring the availability of controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes, while preventing their diversion. (‘Drugs and health’) Chair: in order to encourage an interactive discussion, this will be conducted without a list of speakers. All participants at round tables …