Text of resolution as it was written before CND commenced. Norway: We have three reasons for this. A lot of good things have happened with HIV epidemic but it is not over. We need to work in prisons and with drug users. Finances for HIV have been produced. UNODC have a unique position with expertise on …
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Side event: Health responses to New Psychoactive Substances
Organised by the Governments of the United Kingdom and New Zealand, and the UNODC Laboratory and Scientific Section. Opening Remarks from HE Leigh Turner – UK Permanent Representative to the UN Vienna Thank you and welcome. There is growing evidence of the impact of these substances. The UK has been working with its partners to …
Side event: Effective drug enforcement: Strategies for dismantling drug markets, reducing violence, and promoting collaboration
Organized by the Government of the United States. Richard Baum, U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy: Neither supply or demand can solve the problem itself. Both new initiates and heavy users are impacted by price and availability. Supply tools have not been able to keep prices as high as we would like. There is …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L.4: Improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: extension of the mandate of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
E/CN.7/2017/L.4 Improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: extension of the mandate of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Chair: Spain can explain the reasoning. Spain: Agreed in informal, so no …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L.3: Improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: recommendations of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
E/CN.7/2017/L.3 Improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: recommendations of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Chair: Can Spain explain the scope of the resolution? Spain: We came together to discuss …
CND Plenary – Opening of the Sixtieth Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Monday, March 13, 2017 – Afternoon)
Austria: Austria fully aligns itself with statement of EU and would like to add the following remarks. Given the multi-faced nature of the world drug problem, health, security and human rights, the response needs to be equally holistic. We welcome that the UNGASS Outcome Document placed emphasis on balance, on human rights and harm reduction …