Ambassador Vermuelen (Belgium): introduced the topic and the history of Belgium’s involvement including last year’s initiative, which was at the heart of Belgium’s Presidency of CND. Speakers: Dilkushi Poovendran (WHO), Ghislain D’Hoop, Carolyn Patterson (Assistant Secy Govt of Australia, Health and Aged Care) Jagit Pavadia, President, INCB: Thank you to the govt of Belgium and …
United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Side Event: Towards more inclusive alternative development
Outcomes of the 7th Expert Group Meeting on Alternative Development – Chiang Rai, Thailand, 2022. The 7th Meeting of the Alternative Development Expert Group (EGM), held in Chiang Rai, Thailand from 29 November to 1 December 2022, continued to serve as a platform for sharing experiences and best practices in the field of Alternative Development. …
Side Event: The coca leaf and United Nations drug control: repairing a historical mistake
Organized by Bolivia with the support of Colombia Carlos Eduardo del Castillo, Ministro de Gobierno del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia: When we talk about repairing a historical mistake, we talk about rewriting history —decolonising history and give the coca leaf its place in the history of Bolivia and the world. Currently, the coca leaf i …
CND Chair one-day special forum on availability and access to controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes
Chair: I welcome our panelists. We all know how severe this issue is – medicines are unavailable or unaffordable. This is for a variety of reasons, some of it is regulatory – lets not forget that there is a lot of weork done to optimize legislation. There is also often a lack of professional knowledge. …
Plenary Item 5. Implementation of the international drug control treaties (continued) (Night Session)
Item 5 (d). International cooperation to ensure the availability of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific purposes while preventing their diversion CHAIR: Introduction to Item 5d. We offer the framework to scale and improve the availability of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific purposes. This issue is very important to my home …
Plenary Item 4. Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions (continued)
(a) Work of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime CND Chair: Let me clarify what is the vote. The vote is to decide that we don’t take action on the designation of the EEG representative to FINGOV. Only the …