Chair: The 10th meeting is now open. Consideration of Item of 7 – Drug Trafficking. Documents to be considered: E/CN.7/2016/5 E/CN.7/2016/10 The UNODC will now present a report on global illicit drug prevalence You can read the report here. UNODC: My introduction adds to the report shared with you by the chair, with some additions. …
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Resolution L13. Promotion of measures, including voluntary cooperation and timely and effective legislative, regulatory, administrative, and operational responses to target new psychoactive substances, amphetamine-type stimulants, including methamphetamine, and diversion of their precursors
Chair (Norway): Plan is to close L13 on new psychoactive substances, it is a long resolution (a merger of three previous drafts – L6, L7 and L9). We will see the text now after several informals, it is being copied and circulated. Now sponsored by Australia, Belarus, Japan, Tajikistan and USA Operative Paragraphs 1, 2 …
Resolution L10 – Promoting the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development
A copy of the initial draft resolution can be found here. Chair: So dear colleagues, we are ready to move on to L.10. The ambition of the chair is to close by 8pm, when the translators finish. Lets disseminate the merged version, read, and then discuss on Monday. This is because I am a strong …
Resolution L8 – Mainstreaming a gender perspective in drug-related policies and programmes
Initial draft of the resolution can be found here. Mexico: Take into account general concerns regarding the need to ensure specific negotiations on the operative resolutions, we will not make reference to the outcome document. Prepared to take out references. Start our discussion with the OPs. Then revert to the PPs. OP 1: Mexico: Replace …
Resolution L11. Promoting prevention strategies and policies aimed at improving public health and social well-being
E/CN.7/2016/L.11 Egypt: Like to thank our Peru for tabling this resolution. We’d like to insert “safety” before public health in the title of the resolution. PP1 Russia: Does the title of the resolution link with its text? Why are conventions on crime mentioned in PP1? Peru: We feel there is an implicit link between crime …
Resolution L3. Promoting cooperation with the scientific community, including academia, in the development of effective drug control policies
E/CN.7/2016/L.3 Egypt: When we say “promoting informal networking within the scientific community” what are we aiming at? Russia: The aim is to promote the use of science in drug policy. Egypt: We can go along with that. PP1 Egypt: Change to “to drug demand reduction and supply reduction”. This is the language used in the 2009 Political …