Mirella Dummar-Frahi (UNODC Civil Society Team): We have been working with VNGOC for many years and happy to welcome you to this side event. Jean-Luc Lemahieu (UNODC): Pleasure to be here. Thank you George from the Slumchild Foundation for initiating the process that brought us here. 96 organizations in the African Union. Third session of …
Slum Child Foundation
Side Event: Beyond 2019: African Civil Society Common Position on Drugs
Organised by the Slum Child Foundation, the UNODC Civil Society Team, and the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Mirella Dummar-Frahi (UNODC Civil Society Team): I have the privilege to moderate this session. We have been working in close cooperation with the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs for many years. It’s great to have a joint event. …
Informal Dialogue with the UNODC Executive Director
International Drug Policy Consortium: What work has the UNODC done (in particular in collaboration with the WHO) to highlight the need for ‘overdose prevention’ and the provision of harm reduction interventions as a central element of countries’ response to the current overdose crisis? Yury Fedotov, UNODC: We collaborate on a number of issues, including on overdose …
Informal NGO Dialogue with the CND Chair, Amb. Alicia Buenrostro Massieu
VNGOC Chair: Good morning and welcome. CND Chair: My pleasure. I love to meet with Civil Society – as a Mexican, I know how important it is for Civil Society to be present so we can keep doing our homework. As CND Chair, it’s also important to have you here. The role you play at …
Side Event: The role of civil society in the implementation of the UNGASS 2016 outcome
Organized by the Vienna NGO Committee and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Civil Society Team. Esbjorn Hornberg, VNGOC We have organised this side event to report on what we have done with the UNGASS Outcome Document – because we are asked this question by member states. There will be a full report …
Informal NGO Dialogue with the UNODC Executive Director
Opening remarks from UNODC ED: It is good to see so many people here, and it means that what we are doing is important. The CND is an important forum. I appreciate Esbjorn’s leadership of VNGOC, and for facilitating this meeting. I also appreciate the Civil Society Task Force that worked for 2016 and must now …