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48th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) – Public information session – 20 October 2025

While the CND Blog usually covers meetings of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, we are exceptionally reporting on this public session of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence due to its direct relevance to the forthcoming CND vote on the scheduling of the coca leaf, expected in March 2026. The forty-eighth Expert Committee on Drug Dependence …

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Side event – Drug use, harm reduction and the right to health

Organised by: International Drug Policy Consortium, with the support of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, Brazil, Colombia, Czechia, Ghana, Switzerland, Uruguay, the European Union, the African Network of People Who Use Drugs, Elementa DD.HH., Fiocruz, Harm Reduction International, the International Network of People Who Use Drugs, …

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Plenary — Tuesday afternoon session

Item 4. Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions China: The Chinese government has consistently supported and actively participated in drug control efforts advocated by UNODC. UNODC has played an important role in supporting member states and taking measures to address the drug problems and provide technical assistance. China appreciates the positive efforts and results seen …

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Side event: Ending overreliance on punishment: Decriminalisation and prison decongestion as key goals of drug policy reform

Organized by the POS Foundation with the support of Czechia, Ghana, Paraguay, Switzerland, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the …

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