Chair: Egypt has asked to speak before Agenda Item 8b. Egypt: We are committed to the 3 conventions – they constitute the cornerstone for national policies that combat drugs. The 3 documents are the roadmap to addressing the world drug problem. We fully believe in the balance of efforts to reduce the supply and demand of …
Croatia
CND Plenary – Opening of the Sixtieth Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Tuesday, March 14, 2017 – Morning)
Secretary General OSCE: Mme Chairperson, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to address this 60th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). I thank UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov, an excellent partner of our organization, for the invitation and I thank his able team for organizing this important meeting. The world drug …
General Assembly: Thirtieth Special Session of the General Assembly on the World Drug Problem (3rd plenary meeting)
The full statements delivered by member states during the UNGASS general debate are available here. Chair: The third plenary meeting of the 30th special session calls to order; the GA continues its meeting Singapore: Mister President, Singapore is happy to be participating to UNGASS 2016. To discuss the global drug problem, we need to ask a …
Special segment, fourth meeting
Hungary: Pleasure to represent the UNGASS board. In line with past directives, we will now give the floor to the youth forum, to inform the plenary about their work. Youth Forum: Thanks for the opportunity. The main goal is to achieve a better tomorrow for the world’s youth. We would like to share our experiences. …
High Level Segment – Croatia
Agrees with the statement by the Eu previously. We are still far away from reaching goals of 2009 declaration. Questions flexibility of policies due to strength of the dark market, especially due to the cost of policing it. Has seen a drop in funds available to combating drugs. NGOs and civil society deserve to be …
Adoption of final report of CND
Chair of the CoW We had before us 16 draft proposals which have been approved by the Committee of the Whole. A full list of the resolutions is available at: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/session/56-draft-resolutions.html. There has been a request to consider the draft resolution on Afghanistan first. Resolution E/CN7/2013/L10/REF1 – Strengthening international cooperation in combating illicit opiates originating …