Open Society Foundations (OSF)

Plenary Item 10. Preparations for the mid-term review, to be held in 2024, of progress made in implementing all international drug policy commitments, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, to address and counter the world drug problem

Friday March 17th 10:00 Chair: Member states will conduct a 2024 mid-term review of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration. Multi-year work plan adopted by the commission in 2019 calls on the Commission to conduct in 2023 a comprehensive stock taking on progress made to implementing commitments. The Commission should consider making arrangements for mid-term review regarding …

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Side Event: Aligning Drug Policy with Environmental Protection

Organized by the Transnational Institute with the support of Brazil, Colombia, the Global Drug Policy Observatory, Health Poverty Action, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Open Society Foundation, Viso Mutop and the Washington Office on Latin America   Clemmie James, Health Poverty Action: Today, we will explore how punitive drug policies have accelerated environmental degradation …

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Side event: Licit uses of coca crops in Colombia

Organised by the Stichting International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service with the support of Colombia and the Open Society Foundations. The reflections start from the fact that Colombia has more than 200,000 ha. of coca. Eradication actions have reached their limit. That’s why this event tries to think of new ideas on how …

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Informal Dialogue: CND Chair

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P630Qa9TBJ4&w=560&h=315] Matej Košir, Deputy Chairperson, Vienna NGO Committee (VNGOC) (Moderator): Welcome to the Informal Dialogue, where all questions will be asked online. We received 11 questions. Ambassador Ghislain D-hoop, Belgium (CND Chair): I attach a lot of importance with civil society and actually, I think we should have it more often. I’m available throughout the year, so …

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