We want to encourage laboratories to participate in these schemes. We stress the importance of this UNODC programme. Participating laboratories can improve their performance in a truly global basis. The participation increased significantly, but we are concerned about the low participation in some areas of the world: Africa, Latin America and Asia. We appreciate UNODC’s …
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Committee of the Whole – morning session
Yesterday’s Committee of the Whole ended with significant debate over paragraph 2 of the resolution entitled ‘Preventing the use of illicit drugs within Member States and strengthening international cooperation on policies of drug abuse prevention‘, co-sponsored by Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The main point of contention was that that it included reference to …
Committee of the Whole – afternoon session
The first resolution debated today was entitled ‘Promoting community-based drug use prevention‘, co-sponsored by the US, Mexico, Indonesia, Colombia and Israel. The resolution provoked no debate, and was approved with minor wording amendments. The Russian delegation objected to the term ‘evidence-based’ in the draft, and instead wanted the term ‘reliable’ used. The US agreed to …
False Consensus of UN Negotiations Exposed
At the adoption of the political declaration by the UN, the German delegation raised their flag and made the following statement: ‘I have the honour to speak on behalf of the following states, Australia, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, St Lucia, Slovenia, …
Committee of the Whole – Consideration of draft resolutions
Hesitant UK and |Netherlands who wanted object: Netherlands: Does this mean that if anything is produced in INGOV UK: support Netherlands don’t anticipate that the CND won’t discuss the issue and what the implications are. Russia, Argentina negotiating ethics to point of fatigue, different expectations in order to achieve a valid point of ethics. China: …