Friday March 17th 10:00 Chair: Member states will conduct a 2024 mid-term review of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration. Multi-year work plan adopted by the commission in 2019 calls on the Commission to conduct in 2023 a comprehensive stock taking on progress made to implementing commitments. The Commission should consider making arrangements for mid-term review regarding …
Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC)
Informal Civil Society Dialogue with the INCB President
Moderator: Penny Hill, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Speaker: Jagjit Pavadia, INCB President Jagjit Pavadia, INCB President: I am please to meet with you today. The board recognises the important role played by civil society in recognising health and wellbeing. INCB is committed to ongoing cooperation with NGOs including this informal dialogue, meetings during the …
Informal Civil Society Dialogue with the CND Chair
Speakers: Matej Kosir, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs H.E. Miguel Camilo Ruiz Blanco, CND Chair Jo Dedeyne-Amann, Secretariat to the Governing Bodies of UNODC 1. NGOs Computer Literacy Shelter Welfare ,Pakistan, Masooma zahra Invitations to CND meetings are not always sent early enough to allow for the time to process visa requests. In addition, it …
Plenary Item 3. General debate (continued)
United Republic of Tanzania: Thank you Madam Chair for giving my delegation the floor. At the outset, allow me to extend my delegation’s warm congratulation to you and other members of the Bureau. Upon your election on this 66th session, I wish to commend the executive secretary of UNODC and the staff for organising this …
Side Event: Celebrating 40 years of increasing and meaningful civil society engagement in international drug policy
Organised by the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs with the support of Australia, Czechia and the UNODC Civil Society Unit Moderator: Jamie Bridge, VNGOC Jindrich Voboril, National Drug Coordinator, Czech Republic Civil society is the driving force in drug policy. The Czech Republic have just passed a bill to regulate drugs in regard to their …
Informal Civil Society Dialogue with OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDP & WHO
Organised by delegates from WHO, OHCHR, UNAIDS and UNDP. Speakers: Jason White – Chair of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence Vladimir Poznyak – Coordinator of the WHO Management of Substance Abuse unit Annette Verster – WHO Technical Officer on HIV, drug use and most at risk populations Zaved Mahmood – OHCHR Human Rights …