Item 3 – General Debate (cont.) Guatemala: Would like to extend a warm greeting to acting Executive Director. The world drug problem is a complex challenge that requires multifaceted responses. As a transit country, Guatemala strengthens operative activities to combat trafficking and related structures. Seized over 950kg of cocaine in 2025, over 400 so far …
Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)
CND Chair’s Special Event: Commemoration of World Drug Day and launch of the World Drug Report 2025
Chair: “Very good afternoon, everyone. Excellence Ambassador Jose Antonio Zabelgochia, chair of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, our sister commission ambassadors, excellencies, distinguished delegates, colleagues, and friends, it is my honour to open this special event of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit …
Informal NGO dialogue with UNODC Executive Director
UNODC ED: I am very pleased to be here despite how busy I am. This meeting is different every year – it is the voice of civil society and the people who have gone the difficult road to be the voice of people who can’t express themselves. We are going through difficult times for multilateralism …
CND Intersessional – Session 5 – Legal, Scientific, and Regulatory Challenges in Scheduling Substances
2024 Thematic Discussions on the Implementation of All International Drug Policy Commitments, Following-up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration Chair: Good Morning. Secretariat: (organizational matters + scheduling 101) Moderator/intro: Mr. Justice Tettey, Chief, Drugs, Laboratory and Scientific Services Branch, UNODC: Good morning, dear colleagues. Thank you for this opportunity to address the question you posed about …