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 …
Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC)
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 …
Informal Dialogue: CND Chair
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P630Qa9TBJ4&w=560&h=315] Matej Košir, Deputy Chairperson, Vienna NGO Committee (VNGOC) (Moderator): Welcome to the Informal Dialogue, where all questions will be asked online. We received 11 questions. Ambassador Ghislain D-hoop, Belgium (CND Chair): I attach a lot of importance with civil society and actually, I think we should have it more often. I’m available throughout the year, so …
Informal Dialogue with the UNODC Executive Director
Informal Dialogue with the UNODC Executive Director Ms. Ghada Waly, Wednesday 10.30-11.30 Opening remarks Jamie Bridge, VNGOC: This is a meeting that we hold every year. And I’m really pleased that we’ve continued this tradition that we have with the Vienna NGO committee to have this informal dialogue and this opportunity for civil society to ask …
Side event: Driving change from a shrinking space: Challenges to effective civil society participation in drug policy making
Organised by the Brussels Federation of Institutions for Drug Addicts with the support of the Czech Republic, Spain, and the Civil Society Forum on Drugs in the EU, the Council of Europe – Pompidou Group, the European Union, and the French NGO Platform on Drug Policy Laurène Collard, Civil Society Forum on Drugs in the …