UN TV: Commission on Narcotic Drugs Reconvened sixty-eighth session in Vienna – Joint CND & CCPCJ meeting Annotated provisional agenda [ENG] Chair (CND): We have a full afternoon and will start with agenda item five on implementation of the international drug control treaties. UNODC will report on its evidence-based work, including activities under resolution 66/3 …
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48th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) – Public information session – 20 October 2025
While the CND Blog usually covers meetings of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, we are exceptionally reporting on this public session of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence due to its direct relevance to the forthcoming CND vote on the scheduling of the coca leaf, expected in March 2026. The forty-eighth Expert Committee on Drug Dependence …
CND Chair’s Special Event: Commemoration of World Drug Day and launch of the World Drug Report 2025
Chair: “Very good afternoon, everyone. Excellence Ambassador Jose Antonio Zabelgochia, chair of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, our sister commission ambassadors, excellencies, distinguished delegates, colleagues, and friends, it is my honour to open this special event of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit …
2023 CND & CCPCJ Reconvened Session
Secretariat: Distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, As many of you are aware, the term of Her Excellency Ambassador (…), who served as the chair of the CCPCJ 32nd session, concluded at the onset of this conference. On 17 November, the Secretariat received a note from the chair of the African region nominating His Excellency, the Ambassador …
Informal Civil Society Dialogue with the CND Chair
Speakers: Matej Kosir, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs H.E. Miguel Camilo Ruiz Blanco, CND Chair Jo Dedeyne-Amann, Secretariat to the Governing Bodies of UNODC 1. NGOs Computer Literacy Shelter Welfare ,Pakistan, Masooma zahra Invitations to CND meetings are not always sent early enough to allow for the time to process visa requests. In addition, it …
Special commemorative event at the occasion of the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and Launch of the 2021 World Drug Report (hybrid event)
Chair: Good afternoon dear colleagues, it’s a great pleasure to welcome you for this very special event, dedicated to the commemoration of the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, and the launch of the 2021 world Drug Report. I would like to extend a warm welcome to our distinguished speakers with …