Post-UNGASS Facilitator. We will focus today on human rights, youth, children, women and communities. Valerie Lebaux, Chief, Justice Section, UNODC. Given the focus of this third round of intersessional discussions, technical assistance and international cooperation needs, I want to provide updates on UNODC’s technical assistance in supporting member states to implement chapter 4 of the …
Ecuador
CND Intersessional, 27 September 2017: Chapter 2 on access to controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes
Gilberto Gerra, UNODC. Only a few words from me to introduce my colleague. The rooms in the UN can be impermeable to sound, including the screaming of millions of people in unnecessary pain – people undergoing surgery, people suffering from pain. Thanks to cooperation with Belgium and others, we are working to overcome this – this …
Plenary: Agenda Item 7 Preparations for the 62nd session of the CND, in 2019
Malta on behalf of the EU: It is an honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and its Member States. The following countries align themselves with this statement: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Iceland, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Georgia and Norway. The EU and its Member …
Plenary – Agenda item 11: Provisional agenda for the sixty-first session of the Commission
Russia: Discussion of item 8 regarding follow up to UNGASS should be more inclusive and should be attended by an in depth discussion regarding the implementation of 2009 Political Declaration. We have no certainty that it is advisable to split these two issues into two tracks. This discussion should proceed as a single format as …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L.13 Enhancing law enforcement capacity to counter illicit drug trafficking through training (Thursday afternoon)
Draft resolution submitted prior to session. Comments on OP.3 Turkey: Have we passed OP.2? Russia: I’d like to clarify how we reached a compromise on OP.2. Let’s go through the rest and then come back to OP.2. Chair: OP.3 is agreed in the COW. Comments on OP.10 Russia: We’d like to clarify something with secretary of UNODC – is …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L.8 Intensifying coordination and cooperation among United Nations entities and relevant national sectors, including the health and justice sectors, to target the world drug problem (Thursday afternoon)
Draft resolution as submitted before the session. USA: I believe we’re ready to consider this in the CoW apart from just one suggestion. We had successful informals. We’d like to get agreement on all the other paragraphs before we decide whether the top will say CND or ECOSOC. Chair: All PPs approved by COW. Comments on OP.3quat …