Item 7. Inter-agency cooperation and coordination of efforts in addressing and countering the world drug problem Brazilian Network of Harm Reduction and Human Rights (REDUC): The Brazilian Network for Harm Reduction and Human Rights, REDUC, thanks the Commission for the opportunity to contribute to this discussion. Civil society organizations working with affected communities around the …
Open Society Foundations (OSF)
SIDE EVENT: Interactive dialogue on the WHO ECDD recommendations following the critical review of the coca leaf
Dr Deus Mubangizi, Director, Health Products Policy and Standards Department, World Health Organization. It will be important to understand the process we went through. For critical reviews, if we need more expertise, we issue a call. In this case, because of the nature of the request, we issued an open call for experts. A number …
Side event – Addressing gender inequalities and compounding vulnerabilities in drug policy
Organized by Frontline AIDS LTD. with the support of Portugal, Switzerland, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), the Skoun Lebanese Addictions Centre, the Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association, the International Drug Policy Consortium, …
Informal NGO dialogue with UNODC Executive Director
UNODC ED: I am very pleased to be here despite how busy I am. This meeting is different every year – it is the voice of civil society and the people who have gone the difficult road to be the voice of people who can’t express themselves. We are going through difficult times for multilateralism …
Informal Civil Society Dialogue with World Health Organisation
Penny Hill, VNGOC. Good morning everyone, I will hand over to colleagues to introduce themselves. We have Deus and Delkushi today, as well as Anya Busha. Unfortunately Annette Verster is unable to join this morning but Anya will answer some of these questions. Question 1: Can you speak to the current process the WHO is …
Side event: Licit uses of the coca leaf
Organised by the Open Society Institute with the support of Colombia, the Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad and Elementa DDHH Diego Garcia, Open Society Foundations. I am lucky to be here today with a number of experts on the coca leaf issue. Here we want to imagine a future with coca. Andrés …