The launch of the 2018 World Drug Report took place in Geneva on the 26th of June 2018, on the occasion of the UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Presenters: Kamran Niaz, Epidemiologist in the Drug Research Section, UNODC Peter Ghys, Director of the Strategic Information and Evaluation Department, UNAIDS Miwa Kato, Director …
The 2018 Launch of the World Drug Report was held on June 26th in Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi and New York City. The report is presented in a five booklet format with two booklets focusing on the vulnerable populations of youth and women. The report derives its statistics from the content voluntarily provided from states who …
Chair: Opens session. We seek to put through a number of questions on how to enhance cooperation, and we seek to look at the obstacles that apply to this. How can we improve the capacity of different entities to face new challenges, including the use of the internet in trafficking drugs? A new question that can …
Side event organised by the World Health Organisation. Dr Shekhar Saxena: welcome and thank you for coming. First question question to WHO: in the draft outcomes document, member states requested more involvement from the WHO, how is the WHO planning to do this? Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO. WHO warmly welcomes the push for the public health approach. It …
Mr Esbjörn Hörnberg, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Chair/ Civil Society Task Force Chair: Through our work, we have managed to achieve meaningful, balanced contributions by civil society. Our work involves many NGOs. We have chosen this opportunity to include the voices of grassroots CSOs. I wish to thank the government of Switzerland and Colombia …
Yury Fedotov, UNODC. My special thanks to Member States, civil society and UN partners in organizing this important event. I also welcome the many distinguished speakers who are with us today. In the discussions leading to next month’s General Assembly special session on the world drug problem, we have seen a growing emphasis on the …