CND Chair: Links to the presentations will be sent out to members. This is the first meeting after the productive sixtieth session. During that meeting, there were good resolutions and much scheduling, and the meeting ended on time. 1750 people were there and over one hundred side events occurred. The meeting functioned in an inclusive …
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Plenary: Agenda Item 13
Resolution L2 Chair: We will now approve L2 Pakistan: We are happy the CND has adopted a resolution for the most affected states and enhance capacity building for those so affected. Chair: Any co sponsors? Argentina, Philipines, US, Serbia, and Malaysia, Resolution L3 Chair: Next resolution is L3 on the governance and final situation of the …
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 8: Implementation of the international drug control treaties
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 …
Plenary – Agenda item 6: Follow-up to the UNGASS on the World Drug Problem held in 2016
CND Chair. Tomorrow morning we will move to agenda item 8 on the change in the scope of the international drug control conventions. Please all be here for this as it is a very important issue. We now move to agenda item 6. In the outcome document, member states stated it was necessary to implement the …
Side event: Alternatives to coercive sanctions as a response to drug law offences and drug-related crimes
Emma Disley, RAND Following on from the UNGASS Outcome Document’s call for alternatives to incarceration, RAND conducted research to see what legal alternatives exist across the 28 EU member states, how they are being used in practice, and the existing evidence supporting them. They considered alternatives at all stages of the criminal justice process – …