Guimaraes, Brazil: Without evidence based responses, we will not achieve anything. Gilberto Guerra (UNODC): Applying the same tools across genders is wring. The female population is often left on the streets in dependence. Conversations about interventions should take into account their contexts, peer-to-peer or mother-to-mother solutions are needed in these communities in the management of …
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Plenary: Item 6. Follow-up to the implementation at the national, regional and international levels of all commitments, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, to address and counter the world drug problem (Continued)
Agenda item 6 Item 6. Follow-up to the implementation at the national, regional and international levels of all commitments, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, to address and counter the world drug problem (a) Consideration of the improved and streamlined annual report questionnaire, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019 Chair: We …
Plenary: Item 5. Implementation of the international drug control treaties
(b) Challenges and future work of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the World Health Organization and the International Narcotics Control Board in the review of substances for possible scheduling recommendations (c) International Narcotics Control Board (d) International cooperation to ensure the availability of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific purposes while preventing …
Side Event: Comprehensive and evidence-based approach in tackling the world drug problem.
Mario Horvatić (Croatian Ambassador to the UN): [Welcoming remarks] The slogan of the Croatian (EU) presidency points out a strong Europe in a challenging world. We believe the tackling the world the drug problem is one of the most important challenges, not only on the EU level but globally. Moreover, we believe that the implementation …
Side Event: Health Responses to the Opioid Poisoning Crisis: On-the-Ground Experiences and International Implications
Organized by Canada, and Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and International Drug Policy Consortium Fatal drug-related overdose is a pressing health crisis in North America. Highly potent synthetic opioids, including fentanyl and analogues, are increasingly present in the unregulated opioid …
Side event: Drug reform: From a punitive to a supportive approach – The Norwegian proposal
Minister Bent Høie, Norway: Our attitudes and understandings of drugs have changed over the last years. The policy area has evolved but within the same framework: prohibition and sanctions are effective and reasonable. I have to admit, I have been in favour of this paradigm. Gradually, this approach has been questioned and criticised by more …