In addition to formally adopting all the resolutions previously negotiated in the Committee of the Whole, the final task of the closing plenary session is to approve the draft report of the CND session. As had been announced, the draft report this year was short due to financial considerations. The report is the only official …
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CND plenary session, day 5
Plenary resumes its work. question of the chirperson – COW is still working on the resolutions and it will take some time to finish them up. It will take some time to CND to conclude its work around the issue. The initiative is again to go forward to finish the the resolutions. Russian delegation takes …
CND plenary session, day 5
Finland continues to support its own initiative to check the resolutions that are agreed upon by the committee of the whole. Australia believs that they support Finland’s initiative but they need to check the resolutions once again. the plenary adjourned, will resume in 25 minutes at 11:25.
CND plenary session, day 5
L2 F2 resolution has been put forward for the adoption, UK welcomes the proposal to adopt the resolutions one by one, though noted that practice is to let the commitee of the whole finish the review of the drafts and than adopt them all together. japan agreed on this issue, and mentioned that these resolutions …
Committee of the Whole – Final discussions, resolution on ensuring the availability of reference and test samples of controlled substances
Finland gave an update on its informal discussion this morning to finalise the points still open to discussion. The contentious paragraph would now read: ‘Recognising the important role entrusted to the INCB in accordance to article 9(4) of the 1961 convention…’ ‘And also encourages UNODC to consider providing adequate specifications of their quality as far …
Committee of the Whole – Ensuring the availability of controlled substances for drug testing labs
Finland: This resolution is intended to improve the performance of drug testing labs. Drug testing labs need small amounts of controlled substances to carry out the necessary tests and are required for accurate forensic data and monitoring systems. However, laboratory’s in many country struggle to get the controlled substances for testing. There is a need …