Chair: Welcome back to the CND thematic discussions. What we will be focusing on this afternoon is the abuse, illicit cultivation and production and manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as the illicit trafficking in those substances and the courses have reached record levels and the illicit demand for the domestic diversion …
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CND Thematic Discussions 2023 // Session 1 – Expanding & diversifying range of drugs and drug markets
Chair: Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed delegates, and distinguished guests, I welcome you to the 23 thematic discussions focusing on the implementation and interests of policy commitments following up on the 2019 declaration. Before we proceed, I invite the meeting to adopt the provisional agenda, which has been shared along with an invitation. Are there any …
Plenary Item 13. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its sixty-sixth session
17/3/2023, Friday 15:00 Chair: Please be seated. Good afternoon. Let’s now turn to consider item 13. I’d like to thank the commissioner of Ghana for chairing the proceedings of the committee of the whole. I’ like to give the floor to Ambassador Johnson to present the resolutions Ambassador: Thank you very much for entrusting me …
Side Event: Indigenous-led harm reduction interventions
Indigenous-led harm reduction interventions that align with indigenous knowledge and practice. Sarah Helm: Welcome. We are starting with a traditional He karakia poto, an indigenous non-religious prayer. (Prayer). As an indigenous person, it is an honor being here today representing my country, my foundation and hosting an event on this topic. We are grateful for …
Side event: “Nothing about us without us”: Opportunities to involve youth in drug policy
Organized by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy with the support of Australia, Canada, the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Youth RISE, Sensible Drug Policy Australia and the International Drug Policy Consortium Liv, CSSDP. Let’s get sensible. CSSDP supports drug education efforts to provide realistic cannabis education through peer to peer services and guidance. We …
Plenary Item 9. Contributions by the Commission to the work of the Economic and Social Council, in line with General Assembly resolutions 75/290 A and 75/290 B, including follow-up to and review and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Chair: (Introduces Item 9 and alludes to official documentation) Secretariat: Contributions of the CND to ECOSOC. New coordination segment was held in February 2023. A video highlighted the work of the CND and ECOSOC subsidiary bodies in general. The CND has been invited to contribute to HLPF on SDGs in July 2023 under the theme …