Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The international community is facing unprecedented challenges in the fight against drugs. Markets and patterns of consumption are changing ever more rapidly. Meanwhile progress in reducing supply and demand is limited. The Member States have negotiated very hard to come to a consensus on the text we have in …
Switzerland
High level segment – Switzerland statement
Patterns of drug use are changing and responses are limited. Switzerland is left feeling that some issues might have had more attention. We are concerned that persons who are committed drug crimes are being executed. Capital punishment has no place in the modern world. We are also concerned about forced detention, forced labour and contravene …
Round Table on Demand reduction
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 …
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, …