The United Nations (UN) member states are currently working on a ‘Joint Ministerial Statement’ to review progress and challenges in international drug control since the agreement of a Political Declaration on drugs in 2009. The Statement will be released in March. This intersessional meeting was another opportunity for member state delegations to discuss and recommend …
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CND Intersessional Meeting – Wednesday 25th September 2013
This intersessional meeting was intended as the first day of formal negotiations on the draft of the Joint Ministerial Statement (JMS) for the 2014 High Level Segment. However, the Peruvian Chair stated at the opening that the original plan – to produce a collation of member state comments/proposals, then work through them systematically in three …
Adoption of final report of CND
Chair of the CoW We had before us 16 draft proposals which have been approved by the Committee of the Whole. A full list of the resolutions is available at: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/session/56-draft-resolutions.html. There has been a request to consider the draft resolution on Afghanistan first. Resolution E/CN7/2013/L10/REF1 – Strengthening international cooperation in combating illicit opiates originating …
Statement of Russia on item 9
On item raised by Canada – this should be considered by delegations at CND. Discussions will be very helpful and useful to determine the discussions of governments on the decisions that need to be taken to tackle drugs.
Resolution L2 – Enhancing international cooperation in the identification and reporting of new psychoactive substances
Read the full text of the resolution here. A new draft of the resolution was introduced in the CoW, with a few modifications. No new modifications were brought to OPs 1 to 8. Russian Federation supports the resolution. Financial implications of the resolutions: With regard to operative paragraph 4 and 7, the global start programme …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L16: United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development
Sponsored by: Colombia, Japan, Peru and Thailand You can download the text here Discussion around small changes in the title with the sponsors insisting to keep title as it is. Pre ample text: Some small text included on “eradicating illicit cultivation of narcotic plants.” Iran and Russia keen to include eradication as alternative development measure Long discussion around inducing “eradication” as some member …