Raymond Yans, INCB. Ensuring the availability of controlled drugs for medical and scientific purposes has always been a major goal of the treaties. IN 2010, the INCB issued a special report on the issue to provide a global overview of consumption and availability and impediments and recommendations to improve availability. Since then, the international community …
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Side Event: Preventing Overdose
Preventing Overdose Side Event. Dr. Gerra. UNODC. Introduces Michael Boticelli. Speaking of principles who take care of people in all stages of disease. Cannot recover if you can’t survive. Change mentality of society in general. When you die there is someone else to take care of you. Cannot imagine that you can die without someone …
Secretariat discussion on funding and framework Plenary
Chair. Two points. First, in re biennial budget and what is labeled in the resolution that CND adopted in reconvened session, I think there is need always both by Secretariat or delegations to always refer back to content of the resolution and in this regard I refer specifically to observation of Canada that MS have …
CND Plenary Day 1 – FinGov
Ignacio Baylina Ruíz, cochair of the standing open-ended intergovernmental Working Group on improving the governance and financial situation of the UNODC (FinGov) The working group held 1 formal meeting and three informal in 2013 and another one this year. Many delegations attended these meetings. Thanks members, thanks secretariat. The work of FinGov covered by resolution …
CND Plenary Day 1 – UNODC Financial Restructuring
Dennis Thatcher – Division of UNODC management. Update Commission (CND) on consolidated budget. In 2013 during reconvened sessions, CND and Chair approved consolidated budget for 2014-2015 – consistent application of full cost recovery model based on funding by voluntary contribution. Cause was continuous decline of general purpose funds and exponential growth of programs. UNODC has …
CND Plenary Day 1 – Strategic framework
Jean-Luc Lemahieu, UNODC Country Office Regional Representative Talk about the strategic frame work 2016-17. Outlines the objectives and accomplishments which need to be achieved. Want to simplify and align UNODC’s planning tools. The first item is the alignment of policy documents. Thematic programmes provide conceptual framework, has a list of significant issues and a list of …