-L3- Chair: Some questions have been cleared through the informals. PP6bis Chair: Agreed in CoW PP10 Chair: Agreed in CoW PP12 Netherlands: Discussion on the UN system. MS had discussion on compromise you can see below. We can agree on it here. Chair: Invite comments. We have 3 different proposals. We can accept part of …
New Zealand
Side Event: Working towards equitable access to treatment of problematic substance use for Indigenous peoples
Organized by Canada and New Zealand, and New Zealand Drug Foundation, Te Rau Ora Ltd and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation. Michelle Boudreau, Health Canada: Welcome. Sincere thanks to organizers that did an tremendous amount work to prepare for this event. First Nations peoples experience extremely high levels violence and poverty and intergenerational trauma due to …
Opening of the 63rd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
*** MORNING SESSION *** Chair: Welcome to CND63. I welcome Chief of UNODC Medical Service to talk about coronavirus. Dr: WHO has introduced guidelines on COVID19 outbreak. Measures to make and keep up safe. Latest numbers: quite a big number of people affected – mainly in China. Now more in other countries than China alone. Main …
Side event: The death penalty for drug-related offences: The impact on women and vulnerable groups
Organized by the Governments of Austria, Canada, France, Mexico, New Zealand and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Union, Amnesty International and Harm Reduction International. Naomi Burke-Shyne, Executive Director, Harm Reduction International: Drug offences do not constitute the most serious crimes. Use of the death penalty for drug offences is …
Plenary: Item 4. General debate of the ministerial segment (cont…)
Chair: Good morning, we’ll now resume the session. We have many on the list. Secretary: We have nearly 70 speakers left that have asked for the floor. We will do our very best – but we’ll have to have another evening session tonight to accommodate. We’d like to appeal to the speakers – some of …
High Level Expert Panel on the implementation of the joint commitment of States to effectively address and counter the world drug problem from a human rights perspective
Ambassador Alicia Buentorstro Massieu, Chair of the CND. It is important to have this event on the implementation of the joint commitment of states to effectively address and counter the world drug problem from a human rights perspective. This forum signals the existing cooperation between existing UN agencies to effectively address the world drug problem …