Title Pakistan – We recommend adding to the title, ‘Young abusers of drugs, while ensuring effective law enforcement measures and related penal provisions.’ Portugal – We request inclusion in the list of states putting forward this resolution. Netherlands – We don’t think it’s apt to introduce that kind of language [referring to Pakistan’s suggestion of a title …
Spain
UNGASS Special Segment Day 1 – statement by Spain
For Spain, the UN declaration on human rights needs to be part of the foundation for the international approach to drug policy. Spain takes a public health approach to drug policy. Our constitution compels us to preserve the right to health. We have risk reduction, and at the street level we intend to make people …
CND Intersessional – Friday 6th March 2015
Chair – Thailand: Today we hope to discuss draft resolutions and in the afternoon, scheduling. Also on the agenda are preparations for CND and the UNGASS segment next week. On the UNGASS segment, the schedule has been revised so that on Tuesday 10 March, segment B will be in the morning and segment A in …
CND Intersessional – 23 February 2015 (Afternoon session)
Afternoon Session: WHO Brussels: (Video link presentation) The 36th Expert Committee took place in June. At the moment 36 substances are to be reviewed, 23 psychotropic substances and 3 therapeutic. UK asks mephredone to be scheduled 2 under the 1971 convention. China critical review of ketamine although WHO didn’t recommend any scheduling for ketamine. Director …
CND Intersessional – 29 January 2015 (Morning session)
The agenda for today has three items: 1) CND contributions to the work of ECOSOC, 2) preparations for the ‘regular segment’ of CND next March (including the proposals to schedule 13 new substances), and 3) preparations for the special segment on the UNGASS next March. The new Thai Chair, Ambassador Srisamoot, presided over the discussions. …
CND Intersessional — Friday 5th December
Guatemala. The delegations talks about drug-trafficking abiding by international commitments in spite of shortage of resources, and how neither drug production nor consumption have decreased. Human rights, public health, education deserve more international effort and more cooperation because no country can be successful on its own, although the OAS has recognised that Guatemala is a …