Chair of the CoW We had before us 16 draft proposals which have been approved by the Committee of the Whole. A full list of the resolutions is available at: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/session/56-draft-resolutions.html. There has been a request to consider the draft resolution on Afghanistan first. Resolution E/CN7/2013/L10/REF1 – Strengthening international cooperation in combating illicit opiates originating …
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Committee of the Whole – Resolution L13: Preparation for the high-level review of the implementation by member states of the Political declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards
Draft resolution submitted by the chair: The original text can be downloaded here Ukraine: propose another additional preamble and paragraph as follows : ‘ recalling General Assembly resolution 67/193 which decided that these activities be funded from existing resources. Egypt: St Lucia: Proposal to include a new paragraph in the pre-ample section the language from CND resolution 54/11 that encourages member …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L8: Strengthening of the principle of common and shared responsibility as the basis for guiding international action in combating the world drug problem with a comprehensive and balanced approach
Sponsored by Colombia and Peru You can access the original text here Norway – a new paragraph in the pre-ample text on the important efforts of civil society organisations (in particular NGO’s) is included in the text when referring to how to address the world drug problem. Russia – Russia objects to the use of …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L2: Enhancing international cooperation in the identification and reporting of new psychoactive substances
Sponsored by: Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Peru and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mexico Turkey Finland Thailand USA The original text can be accessed here. Venezuela: Asks to include “use of poppers” to the preamble text. A number of small grammatical changes made by the UK in the pre-ample paragraphs Canada gets …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L9
Developing an international electronic import and export authorisation system for licit trade of controlled substances. Sponsors: Croatia, Denmark on behalf of the EU, Albania, United States. Amendment to operative paragraph 2, the rest of text is deleted as the same text is contained in operative paragraph 6. Budgetary Implications 506,000 dollars to develop deploy and …
Plenary Day 3: UK
Very concerned by HIV epidemics. Sertile injecting equipment a major issue we address. We need to reduce transmission among idu’s. UK wants evidence based treatment. Providing opiate treatment, needle syringe programs and A.R.T are key. Countries who have used these interventions have brought infections near to zero. We want much more of this. We also …