Supporting documents: UN system common position on international drug control policy through effective inter-agency collaboration. What we have learned over the last ten years: A summary of knowledge acquired and produced by the UN system on drug-related matters Stephan Klement, European Union: As we celebrate 40 years of cooperation, we promote solutions. The EU and …
World Health Organization (WHO)
CND Intersessional Meeting, 23 September 2019
Supporting documents: WHO responses by 24 June 2019 WHO Q&A – By 27 June 2019 WHO Q&A – By 9 September 2019 MORNING SESSION Chair: On the request of the extended bureau all submitted questions are published on the website of the commission and a live webcast is also accessible here. Agenda item 1. We will not spend much time …
CND Intersessional Meeting, 24 June 2019
To access WHO’s responses to the questions posed below by Member States, please click here. Agenda item 2: Proposed scheduling recommendations by WHO Chair: Good morning, we have a slight change in the agenda. We are starting with agenda item 2 which is regarding the proposed scheduling recommendations by WHO – no objections. Assistant Secretary General …
Special Event – Increasing Access to Controlled Medicines: Addressing the Global Disparity in Pain Relief
H.E. Ghislain D’hoop, Belgian Ambassador (Moderating): The global disparity in pain relief is unacceptable to my country, and we provide resources to UNODC and INCB to address this challenge. Yury Fedotov, UNODC Executive Director: The number on this issue speak for themselves. Pain management is a human rights concern, and palliative care is essential. Controlled substances are …
Side event: Opioid crisis: Tramadol in West Africa and other regions
Organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Research and Trend Analysis Branch. Chairman: Justice Tetteh-Chief Laboratory and scientific section, UNODCT: This afternoon we are all gathered to discuss a very important topic that is of interest to many in this room Tramadol, which is a very useful medicine for pain management, however research …
Special Event Blog: Leaving No-One Behind: People at the centre of a harm reduction, human rights and public health approach to drug use
Organised by the Governments of the Netherlands and Norway, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Development Programme, UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, the International Drug Policy Consortium, AFEW International, Harm Reduction International, the International Network of People who Use Drugs, Open Society Foundation, Aidsfonds, and Frontline AIDS. HE Marco Hennis, …