Organized by the Union for International Cancer Control with the support of Australia, Belgium, Mexico, the Netherlands, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network, Walther Global Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology, the African Palliative Care Association, the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance and the International Association for Hospice …
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)
CND 65th Reconvened Session – 9th December 2022
Reconvened Sixty-fifth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna, Austria, 8-9 December 2022 Chair: Welcome back. Secretariat: (Reminder on COVID safety measures in Vienna) Agenda item 4. – Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions Chair: We considered our consolidated budget yesterday. We, as a commission, are now required to take action. There have been …
CND Chair one-day special forum on availability and access to controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes
Chair: I welcome our panelists. We all know how severe this issue is – medicines are unavailable or unaffordable. This is for a variety of reasons, some of it is regulatory – lets not forget that there is a lot of weork done to optimize legislation. There is also often a lack of professional knowledge. …
Side Event:Disparities in access to internationally controlled essential medicines in the Caribbean
IAHPC Welcome and Housekeeping Moderator: Dr. Katherine Pettus, Information and Partnerships Director, IAHPC Opening by HE Ambassador Cheryl Spencer, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations, Vienna Dr. Dingle Spence Consultant in Oncology and Palliative Medicine President of the Caribbean Palliative Care Association (CARIPALCA) Verna Edwards (DPharm) Dept. of Standards and Regulations, Ministry of …
Informal Dialogue: CND Chair
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P630Qa9TBJ4&w=560&h=315] Matej Košir, Deputy Chairperson, Vienna NGO Committee (VNGOC) (Moderator): Welcome to the Informal Dialogue, where all questions will be asked online. We received 11 questions. Ambassador Ghislain D-hoop, Belgium (CND Chair): I attach a lot of importance with civil society and actually, I think we should have it more often. I’m available throughout the year, so …
Plenary Item 6. Follow-up to the implementation at the national, regional and international levels (afternoon session)
Chair: This morning, we have had the introductions. By the various offices of the UNODC Secretariat, but we have not yet had the occasion to give the floor to delegates and I will therefore now open the floor to delegates starting with China online. China: Undoubtedly strict control of these substances will contribute to preserving life and …