VNGOC: Ms. Waly could not make it. Jean Luc Lemahieu – UNODC: I had the fortune to be working as and working with civil society in my career. I welcome the fact that some 90 NGOs are attending CND and most of side vents are organized by you or with you. Civil society participation is …
Rumah Cemara
Side event: Progress in Asia in reducing HIV among people who inject drugs
Organized by the International Federation of Non-Governmental Organizations for the Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse, Association of Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers of Macau and Rumah Cemara. Chair: Augusto has been working with people who use drugs for many years now, and given an award to recognise his work by the government of Macau. …
Voices of Civil Society: Beyond 2019 – CSTF civil society hearing in Vienna
Jamie Bridge, Co-Chair of the Civil Society Task Force, Chair of VNGOC: Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, a very warm welcome to this Civil Society Hearing. We hope that the discussions today can play a valuable role in the ongoing preparations for the Ministerial Segment of the 62nd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs – …
CND Intersessional, 26 September 2017: Chapter 1 on demand reduction
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 …
Side event: South East Asia: Prospects for humane and effective drug policies
Organised by the International Drug Policy Consortium, NoBox Transitions Foundation, SCDI Vietnam and Rumah Cemara. Ann Fordham, IDPC: You probably hear a lot of news about the situation in South East Asia at the moment, particularly in the Philippines and the use of extrajudicial killings and the so-called voluntary surrenders of people who use drugs. …
CND intersessional: 23 January 2017 – Operational recommendations on Demand reduction and related measures, including prevention and treatment, as well as other health-related issues
Webcast available here CND Chair. There is no comment on the agenda of this meeting so the agenda is adopted. I give word now to the Portuguese Ambassador to chair the thematic discussion. We will continue with agendas 2 and 3 on Wednesday. I came back yesterday from New York. The key theme was how …