Excellencies, Distinguished participants, This year the 58th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs is of particular importance as it contains a segment dedicated to preparations for the Special Session of the UN General Assembly on the World Drug Problem to be held in 2016. UN General Assembly resolution 69/200 entrusted the CND with leading …
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
CND Intersessional – 29 January 2015 (Morning session)
The agenda for today has three items: 1) CND contributions to the work of ECOSOC, 2) preparations for the ‘regular segment’ of CND next March (including the proposals to schedule 13 new substances), and 3) preparations for the special segment on the UNGASS next March. The new Thai Chair, Ambassador Srisamoot, presided over the discussions. …
CND Intersessional Wednesday 3rd December
Morning session Chair (Ambassador Shamaa) started with Res 57/5 – UNGASS on world drug problem (WDP) – recap of the resolution: ‘Adequate, inclusive and effective preparatory process” and the need of involving all stakeholders. Four intersessional meetings were held in past few months and these were webcast. And a number of lunchtime interactive sessions have …
CND Inter-Sessional Session to discuss preparations for the UNGASS 2016 – 4 September 2014
MORNING SESSION Click here to view the presentations on UNGASS 2016. Chair (Ambassador Khaled Shamaa, Egypt): Began by introducing various procedural matters, and the agenda for the day was adopted. It is expected that UN General Assembly will adopt the UNGASS preparations resolution at their 69th Session. The Chair also encouraged Member States to invite civil society organisations …
CND intersessional – 10th June 2014
Member States gathered at the first intersessional since the 57th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to discuss issues related to UNGASS, law enforcement, HIV prevention and demand reduction, etc. A summary of the discussions is available below. Agenda item 1 – Consideration of Resolution 57/5 on UNGASS Chair. The chair urged civil society …
Committee of the Whole E/CN.7/2014/L.9 (revisited)
PP? Russia: there is no notion of stigma, it’s not scientifically evidence based. Must delete stigma Chair: this has already been decided by COW Russia: No. We have nothing in legislation. UK: It was agreed by COW. This is common UNODC language. Previously Russia had agreed to the language Australia: there is a scientific base …