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 …
Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC)
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 …
CND 65th Reconvened Session – 8th December 2022
Reconvened Sixty-fifth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna, Austria, 8-9 December 2022 CCPCJ Chair: Good Morning. (Opening Statement) >>> CND dates 2023 March 13 – 17 CND Chair: Opening Statement (Agenda adopted) Agenda Item 4. Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions, including the following sub-items: (a) Work of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working …
CND thematic sessions on the implementation of all international drug policy commitments, following-up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration – 21 September 2022
Multiyear Workplan 2019-2023: Implementation of all our international drug policy commitments, following up to the 2019 ministerial declaration “Strengthening Our Actions at the National, Regional and International Levels to Accelerate the Implementation of our Joint Commitments to Address and Counter the World Drug Problem” The provisional agenda for the intersessional meeting is as follows: 1. Thematic …
Side Event:Disparities in access to internationally controlled essential medicines in the Caribbean
IAHPC Welcome and Housekeeping Moderator: Dr. Katherine Pettus, Information and Partnerships Director, IAHPC Opening by HE Ambassador Cheryl Spencer, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations, Vienna Dr. Dingle Spence Consultant in Oncology and Palliative Medicine President of the Caribbean Palliative Care Association (CARIPALCA) Verna Edwards (DPharm) Dept. of Standards and Regulations, Ministry of …
Side Event: Responding to drug-related challenges in the cyberspace: Vulnerabilities and opportunities to engage civil society
Organized by the UNODC Civil Society Unit with the support of Switzerland, and the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Moderator: Billy Batware, UNODC Civil Society Unit Thank you to co-sponsors of this event. To set the stage – cyberspace can be seen as an …