Item 5b: Challenges and future work of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the World Health Organization and the International Narcotics Control Board in the review of substances for possible scheduling recommendations. Chair: I have the pleasure to chair the plenary today on behalf of Ambassador Hovhannisyan . It will take place without interpretation today. Due …
Instituto Ria
Plenary – Tuesday afternoon session
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 …
48th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) – Public information session – 20 October 2025
While the CND Blog usually covers meetings of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, we are exceptionally reporting on this public session of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence due to its direct relevance to the forthcoming CND vote on the scheduling of the coca leaf, expected in March 2026. The forty-eighth Expert Committee on Drug Dependence …
Plenary – Thursday morning session
Item 6. Follow-up to the implementation at the national, regional and international levels of all commitments, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, to address and counter the world drug problem (continued) United States: The US takes the floor to address statements made yesterday regarding the mandate of the INCB which we do not …
Informal NGO dialogue with the INCB President
VNGOC: Welcome to Jallal Toufiq, the President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), and Mark Colhoun, the INCB Secretary. International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC): With the USAID program cuts to vital health products, including ARVs in the lowest resource countries, we can expect an escalating pain burden and demand for essential …
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 …