CND Chair Ambassador Bente Angell-Hansen. I welcome participants to the CND intersessional. She reconfirmed that the extended bureau have confirmed the dates for the reconvened session of the 61st Session of the CND as the 6th – 7th December. Ahead of the reconvened there will be a report from UNODC Executive Director on gender balance & geographical …
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Plenary – Agenda item 11: Provisional agenda for the sixty-first session of the Commission
Russia: Discussion of item 8 regarding follow up to UNGASS should be more inclusive and should be attended by an in depth discussion regarding the implementation of 2009 Political Declaration. We have no certainty that it is advisable to split these two issues into two tracks. This discussion should proceed as a single format as …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L.13 Enhancing law enforcement capacity to counter illicit drug trafficking through training (Thursday afternoon)
Draft resolution submitted prior to session. Comments on OP.3 Turkey: Have we passed OP.2? Russia: I’d like to clarify how we reached a compromise on OP.2. Let’s go through the rest and then come back to OP.2. Chair: OP.3 is agreed in the COW. Comments on OP.10 Russia: We’d like to clarify something with secretary of UNODC – is …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L.8 Intensifying coordination and cooperation among United Nations entities and relevant national sectors, including the health and justice sectors, to target the world drug problem (Thursday afternoon)
Draft resolution as submitted before the session. USA: I believe we’re ready to consider this in the CoW apart from just one suggestion. We had successful informals. We’d like to get agreement on all the other paragraphs before we decide whether the top will say CND or ECOSOC. Chair: All PPs approved by COW. Comments on OP.3quat …
Plenary – Agenda item 8: Implementation of the international drug control treaties
Chair: Egypt has asked to speak before Agenda Item 8b. Egypt: We are committed to the 3 conventions – they constitute the cornerstone for national policies that combat drugs. The 3 documents are the roadmap to addressing the world drug problem. We fully believe in the balance of efforts to reduce the supply and demand of …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L.5: Promoting the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development
E/CN.7/2017/L.5 Promoting the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development Peru: Text is a result of informal consultations. Certain aspects are semi-open. Resolution has been enriched with language of the UNGASS. Chair: Let’s look at the title. Germany: Would like to see UNGASS outcome document reflected in the title. Add “and the UNGASS …