Organised by the Foreningen for Human Narkotikapolitikk with the support of Iceland, Norway, Denmark, the International Drug Policy Consortium and RIO. Marie Nougier, International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC): Good morning everyone, thank you for joining us for this side event on Nordic drug policies, which is being organised by the Norwegian Association for Humane Drug …
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Side event: The importance of drug prevention in the era of cannabis deregulation
Permanent representative of Slovenia (Chair): dialogue on adaptation of prevention in context of cannabis regulation is timely. Mrs Ada Hoceyev, Slovenian Institute of Public Health: new developments are triggering debates on how to respond to cannabis. Slovenia is a very small country in the heart of Europe. Lifetime prevalence of the use of illicit drugs …
CND Intersessional Meeting, 9 November 2018: Preparations for the ministerial segment to be held during the 62nd session of the CND
Chair: We will start our fourth day of the fifth intersessional. We had a very productive meeting with good exchanges for all of us. With regard to the organisational segment, this will be in preparation for the Ministerial Segment of the 62nd Session of CND 2019. We will discuss these preparations and we still have …
Side event: New Initiatives in prevention: Strengthening the global prevention response
UNODC: If we address prevention properly we have gotten rid of the problem. Need to look to research for what is working and what is not working. At core is individual. I was impressed to read research that said that a key factor for prevention across the world was the children sit down once a day …
UNGASS: Thirtieth special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem (6th plenary meeting)
General debate [item 7] (continued) The full statements delivered by member states during the UNGASS general debate are available here. Nepal – Established national coordination committee for drug abuse control with separate district level committees in the country. Doing our best to address drug problems. Look to international community for enhanced cooperation, including in coordination with …
General Assembly: Thirtieth special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem (Opening segment)
The full statements delivered by member states during the UNGASS general debate are available here. Mogens Lykketoft: Ladies and gentlemen, I think for the election as President of this special session. Let me express my condolences to the delegations of Ecuador and Japan whose countries have been hit by deadly earthquakes. It is an honour …