Antonio Lomba Moderator: Good afternoon and welcome, without delay I will welcome Ambassador Bortezi of Italy. Ambassador Alessandro Cortese: I am delighted to open this side-event, co-sponsored by our government. I thank the organizers for the invite, in particular long standing friends San Patrignano. We take reintegration and rehabilitation of people who use drugs very …
San Patrignano
Informal NGO Dialogue of the UNODC Executive Director, Yuri Fedotov
Esbjorn Hornberg: This is an informal dialogue but we already have all the questions as we had to prepare beforehand. We have grouped the questions into different sections, and will start with a few to Mr Fedotov and then the remainder to UNODC senior management as Mr Fedotov needs to leave early. Fedotov: I want …
Informal Dialogue with the INCB President
Chaired by Esbjörn Hörnberg (VNGOC), and Katherine Pettus (VNGOC). Werner Sipp, INCB: Welcomes the dialogue, which is fruitful and useful. It complements our work during missions. It’s important because many of you work on the field, so you have an experience that we do not have (geographical, thematic, etc.). This is in line with the Conventions, which highlight …
Civil Society Forum in preparation for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs
Mr Esbjörn Hörnberg, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Chair/ Civil Society Task Force Chair: Through our work, we have managed to achieve meaningful, balanced contributions by civil society. Our work involves many NGOs. We have chosen this opportunity to include the voices of grassroots CSOs. I wish to thank the government of Switzerland and Colombia …
Side Event: Innovations within the three UN drug policy conventions. Launch of the Drug Policy Futures. Alternatives? Yes! Legalization? No
S E Sørheim Drug policy futures is a new platform for a debate about health-based drug law. Drug Policy futures if a forum where groups can share successes and ideas. It grew out of discussions here in Vienna. Despite differences, they agree that it’s false choice that ending war on drugs means legalisation. There is …