Jamie Bridge, Co-Chair of the Civil Society Task Force, Chair of VNGOC: Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, a very warm welcome to this Civil Society Hearing. We hope that the discussions today can play a valuable role in the ongoing preparations for the Ministerial Segment of the 62nd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs – …
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High Level Expert Panel on the implementation of the joint commitment of States to effectively address and counter the world drug problem from a human rights perspective
Ambassador Alicia Buentorstro Massieu, Chair of the CND. It is important to have this event on the implementation of the joint commitment of states to effectively address and counter the world drug problem from a human rights perspective. This forum signals the existing cooperation between existing UN agencies to effectively address the world drug problem …
CND 61st Session Reconvened – Thursday, 6 December 2018
CHAIR CND: Good morning and welcome to the reconvened 61st session of the CND. In accordance with the ECOSOC decision 2011/259 our meetings will be held jointly with the CCPCJ and its reconvened 27nd session. I would first invite the members of CND to turn to the program of work contained in the annex …
Side event: Voices from the left behind: Protecting the human rights of women who use drugs
Side event organised at the Reconvened 61st Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, by the International Drug Policy Consortium, the International Network of People Who Use Drugs, the Women and Harm Reduction International Network, Canada, Mexico, Norway and Uruguay. Ambassador Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, Mexico (Moderator): Welcome to this side event. A couple of years …
CND 61st Session Reconvened – Wednesday, 5 December 2018
CHAIR: Good morning and welcome to the reconvened 61st session of CND. I would like to draw our attention to this document and whether we can agree on the proposed organisation of the work for this reconvened session. I see no comments so agreed. We will now proceed with item 11 in regards to the …
CND Intersessional Meeting, 8 November 2018: Taking stock of the implementation of the commitments made to jointly address and counter the world drug problem
Chair: We focus now on the 2019 target date. (panel) Statistical Committee / Angela Me: Our five targets are, as you know, eliminate or reduce significantly and measurably (1) illicit cultivation of opium, coca and cannabis (2) illicit demand of drugs and drug-related health and social risks (3) illicit market of synthetic drugs (4) diversion …