The United Nations (UN) member states are currently working on a ‘Joint Ministerial Statement’ to review progress and challenges in international drug control since the agreement of a Political Declaration on drugs in 2009. The Statement will be released in March. This intersessional meeting was another opportunity for member state delegations to discuss and recommend …
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CND Intersessional Meeting – Wednesday 25th September 2013
This intersessional meeting was intended as the first day of formal negotiations on the draft of the Joint Ministerial Statement (JMS) for the 2014 High Level Segment. However, the Peruvian Chair stated at the opening that the original plan – to produce a collation of member state comments/proposals, then work through them systematically in three …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L13: Preparation for the high-level review of the implementation by member states of the Political declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards
Draft resolution submitted by the chair: The original text can be downloaded here Ukraine: propose another additional preamble and paragraph as follows : ‘ recalling General Assembly resolution 67/193 which decided that these activities be funded from existing resources. Egypt: St Lucia: Proposal to include a new paragraph in the pre-ample section the language from CND resolution 54/11 that encourages member …
Informal civil society hearing – Panel 4 and conclusions
How can NGOs most effectively contribute to the high-level review of the Political Declaration and its Plan of Action at the 57th Session of the CND? Kirsti Pojankukka, Finland We are not yet started on negotiating wording of political declaration and that will affect how the review will take place. What do we think we …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L13
Preventing the use of illicit drugs presented by Peru (co sponsors Chile, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador and Norway) Peru: The world drug problem is detrimental to society especially young people. Preventative programs have to be based on scientific evidence and focus on individuals, children and young people; this resolution promotes consensual standards based on …
Plenary, Day 3. Drug demand reduction and treatment : Netherlands
The Eu and the Dutch policies include prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation. All aspects are vital and must work together. All interventions must strive for evidence based approaches which reduce harm and drug related diseases. Human rights must be adhered too. Public health approaches must adopt prevention treatment and harm reduction. We must focus on …