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CND Thematic Discussions on the Implementation of All International Drug Policy Commitments, following-up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration – 1 October 2025 – Morning Session

CND Thematic Discussions on Strengthening Public Health Responses to Drug Use  Session 3: High Rates of Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis C Virus and Other Blood-Borne Diseases Associated with Drug Use Evidence Snapshot for the topics of the day – Ms. Chloe Carpentier, Chief, Research and Knowledge Production Section, UNODC: Drug-related infectious diseases – we estimate …

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CND Thematic Discussions on the Implementation of All International Drug Policy Commitments, following-up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration – 30 September 2025 – Afternoon Session

CND Thematic Discussions on Strengthening Public Health Responses to Drug Use  Session 2: Drug Treatment and Health Services Falling Short of Meeting Needs; Increase in Deaths Related to Drug Use Chair: We begin the afternoon session with a discussion on the topic of Treatment and health services – falling short of meeting needs, increase in deaths …

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CND Thematic Discussions on the Implementation of All International Drug Policy Commitments, following-up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration – 30 September 2025 Morning Session

CND Thematic Discussions on Strengthening Public Health Responses to Drug Use  Session 1: Prevention as a Core Element of the Public Health Response to Drug Use Chair: Good morning. Namaste. Welcome to the Thematic Discussions as follow-up to 2019 Ministerial Declaration. Let’s take the agenda. See no comments. Adopted. Thank you. Secretariat: Online participants please …

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Plenary – Thursday afternoon session

Item 9. Contributions by the Commission to the work of the Economic and Social Council, including follow-up to and review and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Secretary: As you were saying, Mr. Chair, the ECOSOC coordination session was held in february and we supported the chair of the CND in his presentation …

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Plenary — Wednesday afternoon session

Youth Forum:  Your excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentleman. From 25 countries we gather as a unified voice to address the issue of substance use in our communities. This is not a new challenge and has been tackled over the past decades. Everyday there are new substances threatening individuals and society as a whole. It …

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