Organised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with the support of Belgium, Czechia, Mexico, Paraguay, Switzerland, Uruguay, the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Agence Française de Développement, the Alliance for Public Health, the …
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High-level Thematic Debate in support of the process towards the 2016 Special Session of the General Assembly on the World Drug Problem
All official statements are now available here. Opening session H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly The world drug problem affects us all. Drug trafficking affects national institutions. Worldwide markets are worth 332 billion dollars. Men, women and children are trapped in poverty, languish in prison. We …
A better tomorrow for the world’s youth? Evidence to take children’s rights, welfare and well-being forward
Organized by UNICEF and Open Society Foundations. Damon Barrett I’ve been working on drug control and the rights of the child for 8 year, with a particular focus on the UN convention concerning the latter. The convention on the rights of the child comes up a lot in discussions, but I don’t think it’s done …