Item 3 – General Debate (cont.) Guatemala: Would like to extend a warm greeting to acting Executive Director. The world drug problem is a complex challenge that requires multifaceted responses. As a transit country, Guatemala strengthens operative activities to combat trafficking and related structures. Seized over 950kg of cocaine in 2025, over 400 so far …
World Health Organization (WHO)
Informal NGO Dialogue with WHO
VNGOC: Good morning, and welcome to the informal dialogue with the WHO. First of all, I’d like to thank you on behalf of the Vienna NGO Committee and to thank the representatives of the World Health Organization for being here today to answer all the questions from civil society. Also, I’d like to say thank …
Plenary – Monday morning session
Item 1. Election of Officers Chair: Chair: It’s a great honour to welcome you to the 69th session of the CND and for me to chair the CND. It’s the first time that Armenia holds the chair over CND and I would like to thank you for the support and trust. No country can tackle the …
SIDE EVENT: Interactive dialogue on the WHO ECDD recommendations following the critical review of the coca leaf
Dr Deus Mubangizi, Director, Health Products Policy and Standards Department, World Health Organization. It will be important to understand the process we went through. For critical reviews, if we need more expertise, we issue a call. In this case, because of the nature of the request, we issued an open call for experts. A number …
48th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) – Public information session – 20 October 2025
While the CND Blog usually covers meetings of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, we are exceptionally reporting on this public session of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence due to its direct relevance to the forthcoming CND vote on the scheduling of the coca leaf, expected in March 2026. The forty-eighth Expert Committee on Drug Dependence …
CND Thematic Discussions on the Implementation of All International Drug Policy Commitments, following-up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration – 1 October 2025 – Morning Session
CND Thematic Discussions on Strengthening Public Health Responses to Drug Use Session 3: High Rates of Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis C Virus and Other Blood-Borne Diseases Associated with Drug Use Evidence Snapshot for the topics of the day – Ms. Chloe Carpentier, Chief, Research and Knowledge Production Section, UNODC: Drug-related infectious diseases – we estimate …