Chair. Does the meeting wish to adopt the agenda as it stands? I see no comments so the agenda is adopted. Contributions to the work of the Economic and Social Council Chair. I briefed the ECOSOC on the outcome of the 59th session of the CND during the commission’s meeting in NY in July. The …
Russia
Launch of the 2016 World Drug Report
The UNODC World Drug Report 2016 is available here. Welcoming remarks by H.E. Mr. Vladimir Gal (Chair): Good afternoon. It is an honour and pleasure to welcome you to this event in commemoration of the Global Day. World Drug Report was launched in Vienna by the CND. I am pleased to see participation of government, …
UNGASS: Thirtieth special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem (6th plenary meeting)
General debate [item 7] (continued) The full statements delivered by member states during the UNGASS general debate are available here. Nepal – Established national coordination committee for drug abuse control with separate district level committees in the country. Doing our best to address drug problems. Look to international community for enhanced cooperation, including in coordination with …
UNGASS roundtable 3: Cross-cutting issues: Drugs and human rights, youth, women, children and communities
GRULAC – H.E. Ana H. Chacon, Vice President, Costa Rica – Costa Rica never saw drug use as a crime, but as a problem to be dealt with from a health perspective. We didn’t put people in prison for using drugs. In 2002, passed a law to use 60% of resources from seized drugs to …
UNGASS Roundtable 2: Supply reduction and related measures
Chair: Opens session. We seek to put through a number of questions on how to enhance cooperation, and we seek to look at the obstacles that apply to this. How can we improve the capacity of different entities to face new challenges, including the use of the internet in trafficking drugs? A new question that can …
Side event – Getting better results: Aligning drug policy objectives within the wider UN system
Side event organised by New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, the Global Drug Policy Observatory, the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy, IDPC and Transform Hon. Peter Dunne, Associate Minister of Health, New Zealand. Over the past few years, we have shifted drug policies towards a health approach. Most of us have come to the …