The full statements delivered by member states during the UNGASS general debate are available here. Mogens Lykketoft: Ladies and gentlemen, I think for the election as President of this special session. Let me express my condolences to the delegations of Ecuador and Japan whose countries have been hit by deadly earthquakes. It is an honour …
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Side event – Science addressing drugs and HIV: State of the art.
Mr Aldo Lale-Demoz, UNODC Deputy Executive Director: Distinguished delegates, welcome to this event on Science addressing drugs and HIV: State of the art. I would like to like to explain that this is a follow-up to previous events that have taken place at the CND in Vienna. I think most of you would agree that …
Civil Society Forum in preparation for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs
Mr Esbjörn Hörnberg, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Chair/ Civil Society Task Force Chair: Through our work, we have managed to achieve meaningful, balanced contributions by civil society. Our work involves many NGOs. We have chosen this opportunity to include the voices of grassroots CSOs. I wish to thank the government of Switzerland and Colombia …
Side event – Getting better results: Aligning drug policy objectives within the wider UN system
Side event organised by New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, the Global Drug Policy Observatory, the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy, IDPC and Transform Hon. Peter Dunne, Associate Minister of Health, New Zealand. Over the past few years, we have shifted drug policies towards a health approach. Most of us have come to the …
Resolution L2: Application of the principle of proportionality in implementing drug control policies (continued)
Link to the Initial draft version of the resolution can be found here. Chair: Good morning. Where we stand on different resolutions, it is clear a lot of good work has happened last night and this morning. It is my intention to start with L2. Let me say at first, that everything that has been …
Agenda Item 8: Contributions by the Commission to the work of the Economic and Social Council, in line with General Assembly resolution 68/1
Documents to be considered: – E/CN.7/2016/CRP.1 – E/CN.15/2016/CRP.1 Chair: Theme is implementing the post 2015 development agenda, and moving from commitments to results. CND might wish to identify the SDGs that are closest related and relevant to its mandate. Might want to change the standing agenda items to make an explicit reference to the SDGs. …