Organized by the European Union with the support of the United States of America, and the International Narcotics Control Board Cornelis de Joncheere (INCB). ‘Last November, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the 1988 convention, INCB held a consultation with member states on article 12 of such convention, which concerns precursors. There was …
United States of America
Plenary: Item 8. Recommendations of the subsidiary bodies of the Commission
Chair: I now invite secretariat from the governing body to make remarks. Secretariat: Work of subsidiary bodies undertaken in 2019. Was a year where we had all 5 meetings. The meeting in Lisbon in July was the first meeting ever that was at the opening and had both the Minister of Justice and Health. Both …
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)
Chair: Good morning. Peru: It is with great grief that Peru regrets the loss of an important diplomat, a renowned Peruvian who gave his full career for international peace and security. He’s always been an example, we grieve his death and all diplomats will follow his leadership; he set exceptional standards. He lived to the age of …
Side event: UNODC-WHO Community Management of Opioid Overdose – initial results from the S.O.S. study
Organized by Australia, Kyrgyzstan and the United States of America, and UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs and World Health Organization 14:10-14:20 Opening: Gilberto Gerra, Chief, Drug Prevention and Health Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) We are going to present the results of our work on …
Item 5. Implementation of the international drug control treaties (continued)
Chair: Welcome. I would immediately like to resume our consideration of Agenda Item 5: implementation of the international drug control treaties. We will now consider 5a: changes in the scope of control of substances. Under this item, the Commission is called upon to carry out its treaty functions under the respective provisions of the drug …
Committee of the Whole (Tuesday afternoon) L5 Promoting the involvement of youth in drug prevention efforts
The title Russia: Our preference would be to use the original title of the draft resolution. During informals, it was stated that we would use the world ‘use’. We also had discussions on abuse vs use and misuse, but in our view, it would be best and simplest in the heading to keep it as it was. Other …