Portugese Representative: Is a balanced approach and our policy, and it is well known. We fight the disease not the people that suffer from it.” In general we have had a positive revolution of all indicators. The portuguese govt. The current economic austerity may impact service provision. Marginalised communities are most vulnerable, economic crises might …
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CND Inter-Sessional – 11th March 2014
A final inter-sessional meeting is taking place today, before the High Level Segment starts officially on 13th March. Taking note of the debate So far, the Mexican request that the Joint Ministerial Statement should acknowledge the “existence of a debate” on drug policy has been accepted, with a new paragraph 7 included as follows: 7. …
CND Inter-sessional – 27th February 2014
After a series of informal meetings taking place throughout January and February, a new inter-sessional meeting took place on 27th February to continue negotiating the Joint Ministerial Statement. The drawing of lots The day started with the “drawing of the lots” for the High Level Segment, which aims to determine in which order the …
CND Inter-Sessional – Tuesday 14th January 2014
With the High Level Segment of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) scheduled for the 13th and 14th March 2014, member states are continuing their work to negotiate and agree a ‘Joint Ministerial Statement’ that reviews the progress, challenges and next steps for international drug policy. This was the first inter-sessional meeting of 2014, …
CND Inter-Sessional – Monday 18th November 2013
The Peruvian Chair expressed his aim to go through all of the paragraphs in order – starting at paragraph 30 (which is where I assume they reached in the informals last week). He asked for member state assistance in doing this. First, Mexico was asked to report back on negotiations for P6 and P10, but …
CND Intersessional Meeting – Monday 5th November 2013
On 5th November 2013, country delegations gathered once again in Vienna for more detailed negotiations on the Joint Ministerial Statement. The Peruvian Chair only circulated a revised draft of the Statement on 30th October, so many member states once again complained about not having enough time to formulate their comments. Importantly, however, the Chair’s new …