Chair: Egypt has asked to speak before Agenda Item 8b. Egypt: We are committed to the 3 conventions – they constitute the cornerstone for national policies that combat drugs. The 3 documents are the roadmap to addressing the world drug problem. We fully believe in the balance of efforts to reduce the supply and demand of …
World Health Organization (WHO)
Side event: Public health dimensions of the world drug problem, and WHO activities in addressing them
Organised by the World Health Organisation. Annette Verster (HIV Department, WHO) Thank you everyone for attending. Dr Oleg Chestnov (Assistant Director General of Non-Communicable Diseases at WHO) Drug problems are much more broader than WHO. The big member states take this very seriously, our government board is made up of 194. UNGASS involved the health …
Side event: Follow-up to UNGASS: Establishment of the inter-agency technical working group on drug epidemiology
Angela Me, UNODC: (…) We are investing resources in improving, piloting, testing, methodology. We are working in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries to implement a set of school and youth surveys. We support training to member states too. The UNGASS Outcome Document calls CND, UNODC and INCB to assist in their mandates to the consecution of …
Special event: International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders – Each person counts, leaving no one behind
Organized by the Governments of Italy, Norway, Sweden and the United States, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the World Health Organization and the Vienna and New York NGO Committees. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director, UNODC: Looking forward to dialogue around further guidelines for treatment. Pedro Luis Moitinho de Almeida, CND Facilitator for Post-UNGASS Matters, …
Side Event: Treatment and Care of People with Drug Use Disorders in Contact with the Criminal Justice System: Alternatives to Conviction or Punishment
Organised by the Government of the United States, Colombia, Norway, United Kingdom, the UNODC Justice Section, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Branch, and the World Health Organisation. Conference Room M3; 2.20-3.10pm. Opening remarks: Update on UNODC/WHO Initiative on Treatment as Alternative to Conviction or Punishment Gilberto Gerra (Chief, Drug Prevention and Health Branch, UNODC) …
CND Plenary – Opening of the Sixtieth Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Monday, March 13, 2017 – Morning)
Item 2. Adoption of the agenda and other organisational matters Chair: I hereby declare the 60th Session of the CND open. Agenda item 8 will start with subitem B on Thursday morning. Propose that the CND adopt the agenda as it is written. I see no objections. It is so decided. Youth Initiative: Thank you …