The Netherlands associates itself with the European Union statement presented earlier by the Czech Republic. Ten years of UNGASS have told us that a balanced response is essential. However, for the right balance, more investment in drug demand reduction is necessary. The drugs market is fluctuating and ever-changing and it requires a flexible, innovative and …
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Dutch response to INCB statment
The Netherlands stated their full association with the EU statement given by the Czech representative. They welcomed the view of INCB that drug treatment should not be used as a method of control, and that it requires a humane and ethical approach that respects human rights. They stated that the INCB has a role to …
False Consensus of UN Negotiations Exposed
At the adoption of the political declaration by the UN, the German delegation raised their flag and made the following statement: ‘I have the honour to speak on behalf of the following states, Australia, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, St Lucia, Slovenia, …
Netherlands Speech to HLM
The Netherlands associates itself with the statement made by Czech republic on behalf of the EU. We are looking back on achievements of the past 10 years. However i believe we should look back further to when the foundations of international drug control were laid to when international opium conventions were laid in Shanghai. A …
Netherlands Intervention at Demand Reduction
The Netherlands intervention to the demand reduction round table was as follows: ‘My intervention is about the chain of care which we think is very important if we talk about demand reduction. When we talk about demand reduction, we talk about a comprehensive demand reduction package with prevention, treatment and harm reduction as equally important …
Committee of the Whole – Consideration of draft resolutions
Hesitant UK and |Netherlands who wanted object: Netherlands: Does this mean that if anything is produced in INGOV UK: support Netherlands don’t anticipate that the CND won’t discuss the issue and what the implications are. Russia, Argentina negotiating ethics to point of fatigue, different expectations in order to achieve a valid point of ethics. China: …