VNGOC: Welcome to Jallal Toufiq, the President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), and Mark Colhoun, the INCB Secretary. International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC): With the USAID program cuts to vital health products, including ARVs in the lowest resource countries, we can expect an escalating pain burden and demand for essential …
Committee of the Whole – Thursday morning session
L6 Strengthening the global drug control framework: a path to effective implementation E/CN.7/2025/L.6 Colombia: we updated the document to reflect all recent agreements from last night, we are still working hard with delegations to find consensus across the document Chair: We start with deliberating the title, the floor is open. Sudan: it was only …
Plenary — Wednesday afternoon session
Youth Forum: Your excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentleman. From 25 countries we gather as a unified voice to address the issue of substance use in our communities. This is not a new challenge and has been tackled over the past decades. Everyday there are new substances threatening individuals and society as a whole. It …
Committee of the Whole – Wednesday afternoon
L3. Promoting research on evidence-based interventions for the treatment and care of stimulant use disorders E/CN.7/2025/L.3 (…) Chair: There are several paragraphs in this document that have been agreed during informals, so we will go through those first. PP1 Agreed in CoW. PP4 Agreed in CoW. PP5 Agreed in CoW PP8 Agreed in CoW PP10 …
Informal NGO dialogue with UNODC Executive Director
UNODC ED: I am very pleased to be here despite how busy I am. This meeting is different every year – it is the voice of civil society and the people who have gone the difficult road to be the voice of people who can’t express themselves. We are going through difficult times for multilateralism …
Committee of the Whole – Wednesday morning session
L.5. Safety of officers in dismantling illicit synthetic opioid laboratories OP 2 (c) (…) China: We would like to delete the wording from ‘exposure’ to ‘chemicals’. United States: WE would like to remain faithful to the intention of sponsors, which is in line with our policy. This resolution is for all member states but some …