Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Two years ago, the UNODC Report to the 51st Session, nicknamed Fit for Purpose, assessed the performance of international drug policy. It also made recommendations on how to improve it, mending its unintended consequences. Last year, many of its points were reflected in the Political Declaration and Plan of …
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CND Day 5 – Agenda decided for 2010 session and Costa provides closing speech
The morning session of day 5 of CND was business oriented. Delegates discussed and approved the agenda for next’s year’s session. They also agreed the final text of the resolutions that has been negotiated this week in the Committee of the Whole. The afternoon session began with a wrap up speech from UNODC Executive Director, …
CND Day 2 Plenary – Thematic debate on data collection for effective drug control
Sandeep Chawla, Chief of the UNODC’s Research Section, began the morning session with a presentation on the current state of data and data collection on the world drug markets. The discussion that followed raised several key issues for data collection and areas of improvement to the current data collection mechanisms. The need to rationalise UNODC’s …
UNODC-WHO Joint Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care Announced
This morning at 11:30am UNODC and WHO signed an agreement to support a joint programme on drug dependence treatment and care and the programme was launched at a lunchtime satellite session to the High Level Meeting of the CND today. The aim of the programme is to promote policies that strike a balance between the …
High Level Segment of CND opens in Vienna with speeches from Antonio Maria Costa and Hamid Ghodse
The High Level Segment of the 52nd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs opened this morning in Vienna. The meeting opened with the election of the officers for the meeting. Chairperson – Namibia; 1st Vice Chair – Islamic Rep of Iran; 2nd Vice Chair – Lithuania; 3rd Vice Chair – Switzerland; Rapporteur – …