-L2- Chair: Checking the substantive issues with the resolutions. Tabled by the USA. Any problems with title? Russia: The title- would request should put in brackets, look at whole resolution then come back to ensure it responds to main body of the resolution. Chair: Thank you. Argentina: Change the word ‘Combat’ with ‘counter’. The Netherlands: Title …
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Side event: SCO and UNODC in the Fight Against the Illicit Drug Threat: Countering Drug Trafficking via Darknet
Organized by the Governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the UNODC Regional Section for Europe, West and Central Asia. Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the UNODC: reports show half of dark net activities are associated with drugs. International operations have had some high profile successes in closing dark …
Opening of the 63rd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
*** MORNING SESSION *** Chair: Welcome to CND63. I welcome Chief of UNODC Medical Service to talk about coronavirus. Dr: WHO has introduced guidelines on COVID19 outbreak. Measures to make and keep up safe. Latest numbers: quite a big number of people affected – mainly in China. Now more in other countries than China alone. Main …
Informal pre-session consultations, 28 February 2020
Vice Chair (chair of CoW): Draft agenda adopted. On the improved and streamlined ARQ will be circulated so that adoption can take place by COB. Beijing 2025 – the high-level event aims to raise awareness on gender equality. The official program of CND has been posted on the website. All pre-session documents will be issued …
CND Intersessional Meeting, 17 February 2020
Chair: Welcome. Adoption of agenda. Commission elected Belgium as 2nd Vice Chair and Chile as 3rd Vice Chair. The Eastern European states nominated Poland for 1st Vice Chair and African Group nominated Nigeria as Rapporteur. On 2nd March, we will elect the officials. 62nd CND decided to include a general debate in the agenda in …
CND 62nd Session Reconvened – Friday, 13 December 2019
Chair: Welcome. Yuri Fedotov, UNODC: Today I am addressing you for the last time. As regular budgetary sources decreased, we were able to rely on your voluntary contribution, which I am sure will continue to allow us to deliver as you expected. We have come to a place of pressure as the whole UN system …