Event to commemorate the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and to launch the 2024 UNODC World Drug Report Event Information Page Chair: this day serves as a strong reminder for the need for collective action. We unite to explore evidence-based approaches that empower us to address the WDP head on. Data collection …
World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD)
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 …
CND thematic sessions on the implementation of all international drug policy commitments, following-up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration – 20 October 2021
Thematic session 2: The value of confiscated proceeds of crime related to money-laundering arising from drug trafficking at the global level remains low Angela Me, UNODC Research and Trend Analysis Branch: (…) This area requires sophisticated data collection and analysis. I have been working in the UN in my career with all kinds of data and …
Plenary – Agenda item 3: General Debate (continued)
Ghana: Since the onset of the pandemic, especially since the second Q of 2020, we have observed an exploitation of the maritime industry for smuggling larger quantities of scheduled substances. The Narcotics control Commission under the Ministry of Ghana observed dangers on the darkweb, social media and home delivery increasing. We have recorded a total …
Informal Dialogue with the UNODC Executive Director
VNGOC: Ms. Waly could not make it. Jean Luc Lemahieu – UNODC: I had the fortune to be working as and working with civil society in my career. I welcome the fact that some 90 NGOs are attending CND and most of side vents are organized by you or with you. Civil society participation is …
Side event: Barriers in access to treatment and recovery – Issues faced by women living with substance use disorders
Organized by Europe Against Drugs (ERAD), Proslavi Oporavak/Celebrate Recovery, Stand & Western Cape Substance Abuse Forum, Women’s Organizations Committee on Alcohol and Drug Issues, World Federation Against Drugs Moderator: Regina Matterson, UN Women Sweden: Welcome. This side event today is part of Women’s Organizations Committee on Alcohol and Drug Issues (WOCAD) 10 year strategy that …