The World Drug Report (WDR) 2026 Chair: Opening Remarks UNODC — Anja Busse, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, UNODC: …and, in particular, the Annual Report Questionnaire focal points for their invaluable contributions on this. This year, we also conducted fieldwork—not for the first time, but still quite unusually— to complement the analysis presented in the …
Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC)
Informal NGO Dialogue with OHCHR, UNAIDS and UNDP
Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC): Good afternoon to everybody. Thank you very much for coming today for this informal dialogue. We would also like to thank our panel from OHCHR, UNDP and UNAIDS for being here together today and for continuing this tradition of informal dialogues with civil society. On behalf of the Vienna …
Informal NGO Dialogue with the Acting UNODC Executive Director
Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC): Good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining this informal dialogue with the Acting Executive Director of UNODC, John Brandolino, and thank you for accepting our invitation. This has become a long-standing tradition to exchange views and perspectives with civil society organisations here in Vienna, and we really appreciate this …
Plenary – Wednesday morning session
Item 5b: 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. Chair: I have the pleasure to chair the plenary today on behalf of Ambassador Hovhannisyan . It will take place without interpretation today. Due …
Informal NGO Dialogue with WHO
VNGOC: Good morning, and welcome to the informal dialogue with the WHO. First of all, I’d like to thank you on behalf of the Vienna NGO Committee and to thank the representatives of the World Health Organization for being here today to answer all the questions from civil society. Also, I’d like to say thank …
Strengthening the International Drug Control System Through Meaningful Civil Society Engagement
This side event was organised by Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC), Slovenia, UNODC, African Civil Society Platform on Drugs, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, American Coalition on Drug Policy (CAPD), European Union Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSFD), European Drugs Agency (EUDA) and New York NGO Committee on Drugs (NYNGOC). It focused …