Chair: During this session we will proceed with L4, and L5 – I heard this is ready to be taken by the COW. We proceed with the draft resolution L4, tabled by Croatia and Australia – ‘promoting awareness-raising, education and training as part of a comprehensive approach to ensure access to the availability of internationally [US] …
Japan
CND 62nd Session Reconvened – Thursday, 12 December 2019
Joint meetings of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. CND chair: Welcome. Today we will consider, together with the CCPJ, agenda items regarding administrative questions and inter-governmental working groups and staff composition of UNODC. CND will have a separate meeting tomorrow, with a statement by Yuri Fedotov (UNODC …
Launch of the 2019 World Drug Report, Vienna
CND Chair: Welcome. The World Drug Report is our most comprehensive dataset that is key to combat the world drug problem and contribute to the 2020 agenda and whose importance is recorded in the conventions as MS are required to submit data. In the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, we committed to increase our efforts to strengthen …
Committee of the Whole (Friday morning). L3: Supporting the International Narcotics Control Board in fulfilling its treaty-mandated role
Chair: Now we consider draft 1 of this resolution. Russia: We tried to bring our text closer to consensus and organised more informal debates, so I suggest to move quicker through our resolution we start with operative paragraph two, all the other which have been agreed in the Informal’s, the to the final paragraph and close …
Committee of the Whole (Thursday morning). L4. Promoting measures to prevent and treat viral hepatitis C among people who use drugs
Chair: Happy new year to those who celebrate Norway: Thank you everyone for time yesterday – 3 outstanding PPs and title left. Let’s first agree to paragraphs agreed in informals. PPs on 2019 Ministerial Declaration USA: Thank you Norway – combine PPs on Min Dec statements. Belgium: Amendment for last line – add ‘continue to …
Item 11. Follow-up to the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem held in 2016, including the seven thematic areas of the outcome document of the special session
John Brandolino, UNODC: As highlighted in the ministerial declaration; the acceleration of the UNGASS document will be in the focus of the commission beyond 2019. The UNGASS provides a comprehensive set that addresses all aspects of the WDP. The negotiation of the draft document was adopted by consensus. Through resolution 60/1 the commission asked UNDOC …