Demand reduction and related measures, including prevention and treatment, as well as health-related issues; an ensuring the availability of controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes, while preventing their diversion. (‘Drugs and health’) Chair: in order to encourage an interactive discussion, this will be conducted without a list of speakers. All participants at round tables …
Czech Republic
Special event – Alternatives to imprisonment and proportionate responses to drug offences
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 …
UNGASS special segment, first meeting
PGA – As you all know too well, April’s special segment is very timely. Drugs continue to pose a serious threat to sustainable development, endanger communities, undermine rule of law. Our responsibility to address this transnational problem and advance a global and effective response. Your work today has been instrumental for identifying the modalities for …
CND Reconvened Session – 11 December 2015
Agenda Item 8 – WHO advice and scheduling CND Chair – WHO recommendations on scheduling will be acted upon at CND 2016. At November meeting of 37th expert committee on drug dependence (ECDD) in Geneva, it considered 9 substances including ketamine and cannabis. Draft document E/CN.7/2015/CRP.10 on this has been made available to Board. WHO …
Resolution L8. Supporting Public Health and Justice System Collaboration in Providing Alternative Sentences for Drug Involved Offenders
United states. Very productive informals. Many delegations and good spirit of compromise. Title. Supporting the collaboration of public health and justice authorities …. o pursue alternative measures to conviction or punishment.. NO comments. PP 1.. no comments. PP2. Aware that substance use disorders…No comments. PP3. Recalling GA resolution 69 192. No comments. …
Social, Economic and Legal Issues for UNGASS 2016 and Beyond
Organized by the Government of Mexico in partnership with the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform and LSE IDEAS Roberto Dondisch, Mexico Need to clarify what flexibility means in context of the UN drug conventions. The term flexibility needs to be clarified. We need to look at the UN drug conventions and understand what is …