GRULAC – H.E. Ana H. Chacon, Vice President, Costa Rica – Costa Rica never saw drug use as a crime, but as a problem to be dealt with from a health perspective. We didn’t put people in prison for using drugs. In 2002, passed a law to use 60% of resources from seized drugs to …
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Side event: A public health approach as a base for drug policy: The Portuguese case
Organised by the Government of Portugal. H.E. AMB. Mendonca E Moura, P.R. Portugal to the UN, (moderator): Good morning and welcome everybody. There are brochures at the door. Prof Fernando Araúo, Portuguese Secretary of State Assistant and of Health. Thank you all for joining this panel. The Portuguese policy on drugs over the last 50 years …
UNGASS: Informal Scientific Network Hearing
This Informal Scientific Network Hearing represents an important follow-up to the first meeting that was held as part of the 58th Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), in Vienna. Member States unanimously recognized, by approving the Resolution 58/7, the importance of the dialogue between the international and scientific community in dealing with the world drug problem. …
UNGASS Roundtable 2: Supply reduction and related measures
Chair: Opens session. We seek to put through a number of questions on how to enhance cooperation, and we seek to look at the obstacles that apply to this. How can we improve the capacity of different entities to face new challenges, including the use of the internet in trafficking drugs? A new question that can …
Side event: A call for leadership: HIV, human rights and harm reduction
Organised by Germany, Harm Reduction International, UNAIDS, UNODC, WHO, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Open Society Foundations, IDPC, the International AIDS Society and AIDS Fonds Maria Phelan, HRI. We all know now that harm reduction works, but significant barriers remain today. We have a powerful panel today to explore the political positions on harm reduction and how …
UNGASS Roundtable 1: Demand reduction and related measures
Demand reduction and related measures, including prevention and treatment, as well as health-related issues; an ensuring the availability of controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes, while preventing their diversion. (‘Drugs and health’) Chair: in order to encourage an interactive discussion, this will be conducted without a list of speakers. All participants at round tables …