Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC)

Opening of the 67th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs & Item 3. High-level segment (Thursday morning)

March 14, 2024

UN Web TV recording Opening of the 67th session of the Commission on Narcotic DrugsOutcome Document: High-level Declaration by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on the 2024 midterm review, following up to the 2019 Ministerial DeclarationChair: Welcome. Inform you that for the opening session of the HLS, there’ll be a video transmission of the …

CND Thematic Discussions // Session 2 – Record levels of drug abuse & illicit cultivation, production & trafficking

October 23, 2023

Chair: Welcome back to the CND thematic discussions. What we will be focusing on this afternoon is the abuse, illicit cultivation and production and manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as the illicit trafficking in those substances and the courses have reached record levels and the illicit demand for the domestic diversion …

Plenary Item 10. Preparations for the mid-term review, to be held in 2024, of progress made in implementing all international drug policy commitments, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, to address and counter the world drug problem

March 17, 2023

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 …

Informal Civil Society Dialogue with the INCB President

March 16, 2023

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

March 16, 2023

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)

March 14, 2023

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 …