Organised by Students for Sensible Drug Policy International, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, SSDP Australia, Youth Organisations for Drug Action, YouthRise Jake Agliata (Moderator), Students for Sensible Drug Policy Nicholas Kent, Students for Sensible Drug Policy Australia National Director of SSDP Australia, pay respect to Indigenous people on the land on which we work, and …
Youth RISE
Side Event: Legal and Institutional Framework on Drug Control and Related Organized Crime in West Africa
Organized by the Government of Nigeria, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the Economic Community of West African States. Barbara Goedde (Global Commission on Drug Policy): Welcome on behalf of the co-sponsors, including the Global Commission on Drug Policy. Today we will hear from the Ambassador in Nigeria, and Nigeria have been playing a formal …
Side event: A health-centred approach to drug dependence, a multi-factorial health disorder
Organized by the Governments of Italy, Norway and the United States of America, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNAIDS, the International Narcotics Control Board, the World Health Organization, the Civil Society Task Force, and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Yury Fedotov, UNODC: The UNGASS Outcome document recognises drug …
Side event: Youth and law enforcement
Florian, Youth Rise (Moderator) I am starting with introduction and we will have questions at the end. Morgana Daniele, International Coordinator of Youth Rise: I start with a short story from my country and then the Yoda context. Last year in my country (I come from Lithuania) for the first time drug use was criminalized a …
Informal NGO Dialogue with the UNODC Executive Director
Opening remarks from UNODC ED: It is good to see so many people here, and it means that what we are doing is important. The CND is an important forum. I appreciate Esbjorn’s leadership of VNGOC, and for facilitating this meeting. I also appreciate the Civil Society Task Force that worked for 2016 and must now …
Side event: Are drug policies protecting youth?
Organised by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP). Orsi Feher (Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Vienna) Hello and welcome. As representatives of SSDP, we represent 264 chapters over 26 countries, including Nigeria, Austria, United States. We will be speaking about our own experiences. As I am originally from Hungary I will be speaking about Hungary. …