Agenda Item 6 – Implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem Madam Chair, Distinguished delegates, It is with great honour and pleasure that the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) takes the floor. Someone, …
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Side event: ‘Urgent actions needed to reduce drug-related public health problems: The Red Cross Crescent Approach’
The session began with the call for urgent actions to address the HIV Epidemic among people who inject drugs. Italian Red Cross Programme, Villa Mariani Foundation is a programme that advocates for the removal of legal barriers and decriminalisation so that legal environments to reduce public health problems by being able to access treatment, harm …
CND day 3 – Plenary, Availability of controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes : Red cross and red crescent societies
We are the largest group providing care to these communities around the world. We promote advocacy and harm reduction activities and promote more public health based approaches. 4 years ago, drugs users, prison populations and HIV communities were promised greater care, however there is still much more to do and access to healthcare must be …
First NGO statement to the Plenary – call to consider drug dependence as a humanitarian challenge
Statement by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: We note the stress on needs of women, men, youth and children in this thematic debate, and the understanding that drug addiction is a multi-factorial disorder. The consequences of drug use and abuse are recognised today as a humanitarian and public health …