The informal dialogue starts of with a question to Mr Fedotov about access to opioid-based pain relief medicines. Mr Fedotov agrees and states that the conventions are not intended to be prohibitive but are intended to control drugs. Following this there is a question, highlighting the experiences about Canada, Israel and the Netherlands, on access …
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Side event: Reducing negative health and social consequences among injecting drug users in central Asia
The event was very much focused on how injecting drug use is fueling the HIV epidemic in central Asia. Injecting drug use is almost as twice as high than the global average and there are some cities in central Asia that have over 30 percent HIV prevalence. It was highlighted early on in the event …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L8: Promoting female-oriented strategies and interventions for women at risk of drug abuse and drug dependence
Costa Rica raises issues around women’s role in drug trafficking and enters addition regarding such concerns. Egypt wants services for women to be country specific. Russia accepts the general theme of the resolution but seems clarity over some of the wording Norway wants women’s greater vulnerability to HIV to be stated in resolutions title and …
First informal civil society hearing takes place at 2012 CND
This is the first civil society hearing which is taking place at the CND. Different representatives are now presenting some of the work that they are doing to promote the role of civil society in drug policy. First Panel: The INCB showed how civil society could be involved both at the CND and also at …
Committee of the Whole – Resolution L2: Promoting international cooperation in responding to new psychoactive substances
The Committee of the Whole (CoW) has just started working on the first resolution, Resolution L2 – Promoting international cooperation in responding to new psychoactive substances. This resolution was introduced by Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We will be providing updates on the ongoing negotiations on next blog …
Plenary Day 1: Executive Director of the UNODC Yuri Fedotov
Mr Fedetov is Glad to see so many high-level delegates as well as representatives of NGOS. Mr Fedotov highlights the threat of illicit drugs threat that kills 250,000 people a year while threatening families fuelling terrorism and undermining stability. He points out coca production decreased by one third and that opium production has also decreased. …