Access to medicine is inadequate in many countries, and this undermines the right to health. Over 80 million people suffer from moderate to severe unrelieved pain worldwide. Opioid substitution therapy is also frequently unavailable despite the evidence of its use as a drug treatment measure. Switzerland is making efforts to refine and improve its domestic …
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Swiss response to INCB statement
The Swiss delegation referred to the implementation of the the drug control treaties in their response. They were invited to engage in in-depth communication with the Board in May last year. While there were some differences in interpretation of the treaties, particulary around harm reduction interventions, they welcome future opportunities to carry on this dialogue …
False Consensus of UN Negotiations Exposed
At the adoption of the political declaration by the UN, the German delegation raised their flag and made the following statement: ‘I have the honour to speak on behalf of the following states, Australia, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, St Lucia, Slovenia, …
Switzerland Addresses HLM
The Swiss delegate addressed the High Level Meeting today as follows: “10 years ago 70% of Swiss people viewed issues of narcotic drugs to be among the most major problems in society, now only 10% so view it. How come? In the 1980s Switzerland saw some open drug scenes which had a damaging effect to …