Organised by the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES-CICAD)/Secretariat for Multidimensional Security of the Organization of American States (OAS) with the support of Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, St. Lucia and the United States of America. Santiago Moreno, CICAD Institutional Strengthening Unit: My name is Santiago Moreno, a member of the Institutional …
Costa Rica
Beijing + 25: Realising gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls – CND & CCPCJ joint event
Joint CND & CCPCJ Virtual Event commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Being Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting women and girls From the event’s website: 2020 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women …
Item 3: General debate (continued)
Chair of the CND: We will continue with Item 3. Nepal: Nepal aligns itself with the statement of G-77 and Asia-Pacific Group. Illicit cultivation, production, manufacture, trafficking and consumption are putting profound impacts on security and development of the world. Yet, it is heartening to note that the world community has formally recognised the aim …
Plenary: Item 4. General debate of the ministerial segment (cont…)
Malaysia: This week, we charge direction of our way forward and building on the last decade. We strongly believe that existing conventions and other relevant international instrument are the basis for world drug policy in term of challenges in the years to come. It is a sovereign right of every MS to take into account …
Side event: Harm reduction as a public health policy
Ambassador Pilar Saborio, Costa Rica. This side event is organised by Costa Rica, ACEID and IDPC. Thank you because you are the ones that know what is going on on the ground. We welcome the role of civil society even though some would like to diminish the role of civil society. Here we would like …
Plenary: Item 3 General Debate
Afternoon session (Continued from the morning) Argentina: I would like to congratulate you. We endorse the work of the countries in our region to seek a consensus. We continue to give evidence to commit to ending the world drug problem. we must have a balanced approach to reduce supply and demand and complying with human rights …