Chair: The commission has before it conference room paper ECN 720 21 (?) and note by the Secretariat of interagency cooperation and coordination of efforts in addressing and countering the world drug problem. Pursuant to commission resolution 51/14 relevant decisions of UNAIDS are transmitted to the Commission in a note by the Secretariat on promoting …
Transnational Institute (TNI)
CND 63rd Session Reconvened – Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Chair: Good morning distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great honour for me as chair of the CND to welcome you to the reconvened 63rd session of the Commission. I would like to start our meeting today with a few organisational arrangements. As you are aware, the World Health Organisation has declared the …
Side event: Myanmar drug policy reform and civil society perspective
Organized by the Government of Myanmar and the Transnational Institute Ernestien Jensema, Transnational Institute (Chair): Welcome. Pol. Brig. Gen Win Naing, CCDAC “Strategic priorities of the National Drug Control Policy”: I will talk about the national drug control strategy and the policy of Myanmar. With reference to the UNGASS 2016 outcome document, we developed the national …
Side event: Smokable cocaine study launch
Organized by Intercambios Asociación Civil Pablo Cymerman, Intercambios AC: This research is particularly important for our region. In our region there is a high use of cocaine and use is increasing. There are currently few studies on this particular use of cocaine. This research was led by TNI. Pien Metaal, Transnational Institute: This has been …
Side Event: Transformation of Opium Poppy Economies: Crises, Booms and Future of Drug Policies
Organized by México Unido Contra la Delincuencia, Open Society Foundations, Transform Drug Policy Foundation and Transnational Institute Moderator: Tania Ramirez, MUCD Mexico Steve Rolles, Transform UK Issues around legal and illegal opium in Mexico and international system. We work with MUCD and have produced briefing on the left, and a broader critique on the failings …
Side event: Social Norms and Rituals, Individual and Collective Self-Regulation Strategies in Cannabis Use – What Research and Alternative Practices Can Tell to Cannabis Policy Reform
Organised by Società della Ragione ONLUS, Associazione Luca Coscioni, Associazione Forum Droghe, Movimento per il Contenimento dei Danni, the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service, the International Drug Policy Consortium, Science for Democracy, and the Transnational Institute Forum Droghe: We are discussing all over the world about alternative cannabis policies. We are very …