OPENING SEGMENT H.E. Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, President of the UN General Assembly Welcome to the IISC in support of the UNGASS meeting. UNGASS is a major event in the 2016 GA calendar. What we are facing in these discussions is a transnational threat represented by the world drug problem and representing the common challenge and …
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People, public health and human rights – in preparation for the UNGASS on the world drug problem
On Tuesday the 9th of February UNAIDS and the Permanent Missions of Colombia, Norway and Switzerland to the United Nations (UN) hosted a side event at UN headquarters in New York in the margins of the Informal Interactive Stakeholder Consultation (IISC). The key speakers included: Introductory Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Khaled Shamaa, UNGASS Board Chair Assistant …
CND Intersessional – 27 January 2016
1. Preparations for the regular segment of the 59th session of the Commission (b) Normative segment: Scheduling of substances based on the international drug control conventions Dr Martin Raithelhuber (expert on synthetic substances) – On the subject of synthetic substances, it important to note that customs are usually the first ones to discover smuggled goods. …
CND Reconvened Session – 11 December 2015
Agenda Item 8 – WHO advice and scheduling CND Chair – WHO recommendations on scheduling will be acted upon at CND 2016. At November meeting of 37th expert committee on drug dependence (ECDD) in Geneva, it considered 9 substances including ketamine and cannabis. Draft document E/CN.7/2015/CRP.10 on this has been made available to Board. WHO …
Side event: UNGASS 2016 on the world drug problem: Focus on people, public health and human rights
Side event organised by Colombia, Switzerland and Norway Ambassador Shamaa, UNGASS Board Chair – The Joint Ministerial Statement adopted in 2014 highlighted that the drug problem continued to pause a serious threat to health and well being of communities. In a special event in September we discussed the lack of availability of controlled substances for medical …
CND Intersessional – 12 November 2015
Ambassadors Antonio Castellanos (in substitution for Amb. Arthayudh Srisamoot) and Khaled Shamaa chaired the session, which continued discussions on the preparatory process towards the UNGASS 2016 and, in particular the Outcomes Document. In this regard, Amb. Castellanos recalled the dates for key upcoming CND meetings: CND Intersessional Meeting (8 December): 10am-1pm; 3-6pm. Special segment on the UNGASS …