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 …
Welcome to the CND Blog 2013
CNDblog is an initiative of the International Drug Policy Consortium in partnership with YouthRISE. Our objective is to ensure transparency in the annual deliberations of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). CND is the UN body tasked with overseeing global drug policy. However, despite this important mandate, its meetings are not webcast, nor are minutes or summary …
Welcome to CNDblog 2012
Welcome to another year of live reporting from the annual meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna! The CNDblog was initially established by Harm Reduction International to provide live reporting of the discussions and decisions adopted at the CND. This year, the International Drug Policy Consortium will collaborate with Youth Rise to …
CND day 4 – Plenary statement of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network and Youth Rise on drug dependence treatment
There are many problems regarding young people who use drugs and their access to treatment. The age of first use of drugs in some countries is 13. In Cambodia and a number of other countries, there is use of torture, and cruel and inhumane treatment. There is a lack of efficient drug treatment in Easter …
Undoing a decade of neglect: International drug policy and access to essential medical and harm reduction services
IHRA, Human Rights Watch, International AIDS Society and YouthRISE held a joint satellite event on the morning of Thursday 12th March. The speakers highlighted the failings of the past decade of drug control in ensuring access to health and essential medicines for vulnerable populations and expressed their deep dissatisfaction with the new Political Declaration that …