Costa Rica raises issues around women’s role in drug trafficking and enters addition regarding such concerns. Egypt wants services for women to be country specific. Russia accepts the general theme of the resolution but seems clarity over some of the wording Norway wants women’s greater vulnerability to HIV to be stated in resolutions title and …
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Committee of the Whole – Resolution L4: One hundredth anniversary of the opium conventions
CoW Resolution L4: One hundredth anniversary of the opium conventions General support for resolution from Russia though some small additions. France urges resolution to be rushed through due to their overwhelming support. The need for the resolution to include references to the need to supply “Essential medicines” mentioned by Netherlands. Pakistan questions this. Netherlands clarifies …
Plenary Day 1: Statement from the Russian Federation
In the 10.5 years since the commencement of operations in Afghanistan, many people have died. And despite drug control programmes, high numbers of people are addicted. Research has shown that children are ‘doomed’ because of the high rates of addiction among them. The reduction in funding in the next few years will further worsen the …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L15: Achieving zero-new HIV infections among IDU’s and other groups
Russia: We have two questions. PP6, is it correct that the term “people living with or effected by HIV or drug user” also include individuals who are members of a family of IDU’s? We think it applies to families of individuals. Also, we want to propose that before PP10, or an option between PP 10-PP11, …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution issues
Russian delegation – urges that the adoption of draft resolutions that have already been possibly drafted. Can’t say which resolutions can be adopted as delegations are in cow.
CND plenary session, day 5
Plenary resumes its work. question of the chirperson – COW is still working on the resolutions and it will take some time to finish them up. It will take some time to CND to conclude its work around the issue. The initiative is again to go forward to finish the the resolutions. Russian delegation takes …