UNGASS Board Chair – I want to inform you that under item 3 of the special segment, the CND will consider jointly subitems A (roundtables) and B (outcome) and C (other matters). We proposed that 6 meetings be conducted at the UNGASS Special Segment in March 2015. CND Chair – We have a number of high level …
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High-level Thematic Debate in support of the process towards the 2016 Special Session of the General Assembly on the World Drug Problem
All official statements are now available here. Opening session H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly The world drug problem affects us all. Drug trafficking affects national institutions. Worldwide markets are worth 332 billion dollars. Men, women and children are trapped in poverty, languish in prison. We …
Resolution L.4: Supporting the availability, accessibility and diversity of evidence-based treatment and care for young people affected by drug use disorders (continued)
Israel. Swedish colleague led informals on Friday afternoon. Was going to be here. Not here yet. Title accepted. First two PPs. No comment. Next three PPs. None. Next three. None. Next two. None. Recognizing —none. Emphasizing, Acknowledging and Stressing — None. Russia. Has doubts about stigmatising. Nothing in their legislation. Wants to remove. Delete stigmatising …
Committee of the Whole – L13: Promoting international cooperation in responding to new psychoactive substances and amphetamine-type stimulants including methamphetamine (continued)
Going back to China’s suggestion on Friday afternoon: “Encourages the UNODC and the INCB to enhance the collection of info on NPS in particular through existing mechanisms such as the global Synthetics Monitory Analysis…. and the Project ION Incident Communication Systeem (IONICS)”. Some discussion of language. Japan supports the new language proposal of US. Japan would …
Committee of the Whole – L.4: Supporting the availability, accessibility and diversity of evidence-based treatment and care for young people affected by drug use disorders
Title Pakistan – We recommend adding to the title, ‘Young abusers of drugs, while ensuring effective law enforcement measures and related penal provisions.’ Portugal – We request inclusion in the list of states putting forward this resolution. Netherlands – We don’t think it’s apt to introduce that kind of language [referring to Pakistan’s suggestion of a title …
Committee of the Whole – Introduction of resolutions
Netherlands will chair the CoW. Six meetings from this afternoon through Tuesday morning. Commission will consider draft resolutions before they are submitted to the plenary. Twelve resolutions means we have to approve on average two resolutions per meeting to meet the goal. Revised texts cannot be taken up in plenary the following morning. Financial implications …